Video: Blood Flood Stopped in China?

Local communist officials have said that the riots in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, are now under control after thousands of Chinese troops arrived in the city and suppressed all protests. Although ordinary life has resumed both for Han Chinese and Uighurs, people are not feeling safe yet, and many are still carrying sticks or knives.

Li Zhi, the party chief of Urumqi, said, "The small groups of the violent people have already been caught by the police. The situation is now under control." However, Chinese President Hu Jintao cut short a visit to Italy where the G-8 Summit started on Wednesday.





According to the state news agency Xinhua, Meng Jianzhu, state councilor and public security minister, stated that Urumqi residents who led the violence should be punished “with the utmost severity”. Meng added that evidence proved that the riot was masterminded and remotely controlled by overseas separatists. Li Zhi vowed that all those found guilty of murder during the riots would be put to death:" To those who have committed crimes with cruel means, we will execute them."

Video: Unrest in China - Death Toll and Suspicious Arrests Increasing

The unrest in China is growing. Since Sunday, the demonstrations of thousands of Uighurs in Xinjiang Province, protesting suppression, human rights abuses and injustice, have been put down violently. The number of arrests exceeds 1000; at least 156 people  have been killed and more than 800 wounded. Many Uighurs are worried about the fates of of their arrested fathers, relatives and friends...



The Uighurs are a Muslim minority in China, but are the largest ethnic group in Xinjiang, an area about the size of Alaska. They constitute roughly half of the province’s 20 million inhabitants.

The Chinese government, calling the demonstrations "riots" and showed protesters on attacking people on the streets and setting fire to vehicles.



As the US State Department stated, “We call on all sides for calm and restraint”, the Chinese government accused the exiled Uighur leader, Rebiya Kaader, who is living in the US, of organizing "riots". The Uighur leader rejected these claims.