What the records say
- When
- 19 May 1989
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 43.81° N, 87.62° E
- Description
- 1989 riots in Xinjiang, China
- Injured
- 150
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1989 Ürümqi unrest
1989 riots in Xinjiang, China
The 1989 Ürümqi unrest, also known as the 19 May riots in Ürümqi, took place in Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, China, in May 1989. The unrest began with Muslim protesters marching to and attacking the Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party (CCP) office tower at People's Square on 19 May 1989. The protesters included Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic peoples, as well as Hui Chinese.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1989 Ürümqi unrest: Uyghur and Hui Muslim protesters riot in front of the government building in Ürümqi, China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “乌鲁木齐市发生骚乱，150多人受傷，2000多扇窗戶和30多輛機動車損毀。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page