On the July 5th, 2009. There was a riot occurred in the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - Urumqi. About a thousand of Uyghur (one of the ethnic group in China) people started to attack the Han (the largest ethnic group in China). Over 100 Han people were killed in the action and over 261 vehicles, 203 shops and 14 homes were destroyed and burned by the Uyghur rioter. The city was suddenly covered in smoke. Chinese President Hu Jintao cuts his attendance of G8 summit and return to China due to the situation in Xinjiang. After the riot, police had arrested many Uyghur people who participated in this riot . The Government believed that the "World Uyghur Congress" has the responsibility for this riot. When a American TV interviewed with Rebiya Kadeer, the head of WUC, she responded with a series of lies. Rebiya showed the a picture and stated that the Uyghur were under attack by the Chinese police but the picture was just about a car accident in Hangzhou. The Urumqi riot had a total of 10 billion US dollars economy lost.
