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Shanxi Bombings: A Worrying Statement About China's Social Tensions

Nov 6, 2013 | 14:02 GMT

Shanxi Bombings: A Worrying Statement About China's Ethnic Tensions
Police at the scene of the explosions in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Nov. 6.

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Summary

Coming only a week after an incident near Tiananmen Square and in a region typically removed from ethnic violence, the purported bombings Nov. 6 in Shanxi province paint a potentially troubling picture about social tensions in China.

The province where the blasts occurred is usually far removed from ethnic violence....

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