URUMQI, China, July 7 (Reuters) - Riot police fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing Han Chinese protesters who took to the streets in the capital of the Muslim region of Xinjiang on Tuesday, two days after ethnic unrest left 156 dead and more than 1,000 injured.
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Hundreds of protesters from China's predominant ethnic group, Han, smashed shops owned by Uighurs -- a Turkic largely Islamic people who share linguistic and cultural bonds with Central Asia. (Reporting by Chris Buckley; Writing by Benjamin Kang Lim)
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