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Xinjiang Party chief: Avoid ethnic confrontation

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-07 17:37

URUMQI: Wang Lequan, Party Secretary of Xinjiang, on Tuesday called for avoiding confrontation between ethnic groups in the region.

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