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After ethnic violence, Han Chinese and Uighurs in restive west struggle to make way forward

Incense was lit and paper money burned at the funeral Sunday for a Han Chinese family — a man, his wife and his parents, all killed in last week's ethnic riots. Three Uighur neighbors approached, standing tentatively apart. Then one of the neighbors grasped hands with a mourning sister, walked to the altar with her and wailed in sympathy. It was a small gesture of shared grief on a day when Han Chinese mourned their dead and Uighurs dealt with mounting security and... Full Story
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