Three surveillance videos from last July’s riots in China’s Uighur province have recently resurfaced on the Net. The violent footage shows a Han Chinese beaten to death by a mob of Uighurs. Why are these dated videos suddenly appearing online? Read more and watch the videos...

140 people have been reported killed in clashes between Chinese police and protesters from the Uighur Muslim ethnic minority in the north-western region of Xinjang yesterday. Like each time this kind of unrest occurs in the country, two versions have emerged: the state television shows only images of Han victims, while on the Internet the story is one of a bloody crackdown against the Uighur people. Read more..