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Article: Separatists Defy Chinese Crackdown; Persistent Islamic Movement May Have Help From Abroad
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- The Washington Post
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- January 26, 2000
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Despite a police crackdown, unrest in China's northwestern
territory of Xinjiang appears to have intensified, fomented by ethnic
tensions, strong-arm Chinese tactics and the pull of Islamic
fundamentalism.
Armed Uighur militants and Chinese security forces clashed early
this month in the isolated town of Aksu, sources said in Beijing.
Several militants were killed in what sources here described as a
dramatic shootout when Chinese security forces in helicopters clashed
with militants who had kidnapped five police officers.
The state-run Xinjiang Daily reported last week that five
militants have been sentenced to death for separatism, murder,
robbery and illegally dealing in weapons and ...