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Transcript: China's Uighurs In Spotlight After Attack
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- August 5, 2008
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
08-05-2008
China's Uighurs In Spotlight After Attack
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
This week, the Olympic torch will take its triumphant homecoming tour through Beijing before the games begin on Friday.
Two thousand miles away, in far western China, a dramatically different scene riot police are out in force in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. They're stopping cars and buses, searching bags, and according to exiled dissident groups, police are rounding up and beating local Muslims.
The security clampdown comes after a bold daytime ...