Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "乌鲁木齐七五事件" in Chinese language version.
Interviewer: 您认为事件的过程已经非常清楚了吗? (Do you think the process of the riots has become clear?)
Bovingdon: 不清楚,而且我觉得可以说很不清楚。 (No, it's not clear, and I think you can say it's much unclear.)
Han Chinese view the Uighurs as harbouring separatist aspirations and being disloyal and ungrateful, in spite of preferential policies for ethnic minority groups.
Since [the Ghulja incident], numerous attacks including attacks on buses, clashes between ETIM militants and Chinese security forces, assassination attempts, attempts to attack Chinese key installations and government buildings have taken place, though many cases go unreported.
There is little doubt [the WUC] helped promote protests, but there is no evidence they fomented violence.
But just as in Tibet, the local population has viewed the increasing unequal distribution of wealth and income between China's coastal and inland regions, and between urban and rural areas, with an additional ethnic dimension. Most are not separatists, but they perceive that most of the economic opportunities in their homeland are taken by the Han Chinese, who are often better educated, better connected, and more resourceful. The Uyghurs also resent discrimination against their people by the Han, both in Xinjiang and elsewhere.
But just as in Tibet, the local population has viewed the increasing unequal distribution of wealth and income between China's coastal and inland regions, and between urban and rural areas, with an additional ethnic dimension. Most are not separatists, but they perceive that most of the economic opportunities in their homeland are taken by the Han Chinese, who are often better educated, better connected, and more resourceful. The Uyghurs also resent discrimination against their people by the Han, both in Xinjiang and elsewhere.
Han Chinese view the Uighurs as harbouring separatist aspirations and being disloyal and ungrateful, in spite of preferential policies for ethnic minority groups.
Since [the Ghulja incident], numerous attacks including attacks on buses, clashes between ETIM militants and Chinese security forces, assassination attempts, attempts to attack Chinese key installations and government buildings have taken place, though many cases go unreported.
Interviewer: 您认为事件的过程已经非常清楚了吗? (Do you think the process of the riots has become clear?)
Bovingdon: 不清楚,而且我觉得可以说很不清楚。 (No, it's not clear, and I think you can say it's much unclear.)