On November 24, 10 people died in the apartment block blaze in Urumqi, the northwestern region s capital, with many around China blaming a grinding Covid lockdown for scuppering rescue efforts.
Their deaths in a fire triggered China's biggest protests in generations, but few people seemed to know the victims were Uyghur families torn apart by Beijing's crackdown in Xinjiang.
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Their deaths in a fire triggered China's biggest protests in generations, but few people seemed to know the victims were Uyghur families torn apart by Beijing's crackdown in Xinjiang.