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After Deadly Clashes, Many Chinese Ask, Where Were Police?

The New York Times writes about the role of security forces in the July 5 unrest in Urumqi, and other recent incidents:The bloodletting here on July 5, in which ethnic Uighurs pummeled and stabbed ethnic Han to death, was just the latest episode in a nationwide upswing in large-scale street violence that had already prompted concerned officials in Beijing to look for new ways to defuse such outbursts.