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91. Murray Scot Tanner, quoted in Edward Wong, “Chinese
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92. “中华人民共和国突发事件应对” (“Contingency response
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93. Wu Zhong, “No Question, Hu’s in Charge of Xinjiang,”
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94. “武警赴疆维稳部队航空输送计划表” (“Air transport planning
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Total numbers of PAP and PLA troops deployed to Urumqi
are unclear. Some reports mention “at least 20,000 troops,” while
others mention “thousands.” Human Rights Watch, “China: Security
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in deadly crackdown after Uighurs go on the rampage,” Times
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95. Peter Foster, “Urumqi: Criticism and Credit for Chinese
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96. Barbara Demick, “Chinese riot police, Muslims clash in
northwestern city,” Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2009, available from
www.articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/06/world/fg-china-protest6; “Police
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