News China's Xinjiang, tense with dispatch of armored vehicles Uyghurs "will not watch the Olympics"

An armored vehicle (Kyodo) patrols around a square in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the 4th.

Citizens watch the decorations of the Beijing Winter Olympics at a square surrounded by armored vehicles on the 4th = Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China (Kyodo)

[Urumqi Joint] In the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China, where the United States and Europe have criticized human rights violations against ethnic minorities, on the 4th, vigilance was strengthened in conjunction with the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and numerous armored vehicles were parked in the city. Appeared. Amid the growing tension, one Uyghur resident coldly said, "I will not watch the opening ceremony or the games." [Photo] 'Stop the Olympics of genocide' protests against human rights violations around the world

A man in his 30s who was walking in the downtown area of ​​Urumqi, the district capital, looked at the numerous surveillance cameras installed on the street and complained, "No one is interested in the Olympics." Not only human rights and politics, but even the Olympics are not easy topics to talk about, he said quietly. The store in the International Grand Bazaar that sells Olympic goods was deserted.