Article: Attacks In Western China Spur Fears, Suspicions

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
08-13-2008
Attacks In Western China Spur Fears, Suspicions

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Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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Suspected terrorists in China have struck three times in the past 10 days. More than 20 people have died in the violence in China's far west. The attacks have prompted extra-tight security across the country during the Olympics.

NPR's Anthony Kuhn sent this report from the town of Kucha on the mixture of ethnic unrest and terrorism in Xinjiang Province.

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ANTHONY KUHN: Kucha is an oasis town on the old Silk Road, north of the vast Taklamakan Desert. At the bazaar, vendors sell flatbreads and shish ...

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