The outbreak of unprecedented street violence in the capital of China's far western Uyghur-populated region of Xinjiang, with more than 150 persons officially reported dead and 828 injured, has caught both the central government in Beijing and outside observers by surprise. To put these events in perspective, Beijing only admitted to the loss of 18 lives and around 600 injured during the last major uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule in areas adjoining Xinjiang in March 2008.
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