China battles homegrown terror fears and rise of Islamic State

By Philip Wen
Updated September 27 2014 - 11:08am, first published September 26 2014 - 1:39pm
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Children leave school under armed guard in Urumqi. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Two women pass a billboard in Kashgar instructing Uighurs not to wear religious garments that cover their face. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu
An elderly Uighur man in front of Kashgar's Id Kah mosque. Photo: Sanghee Liu

Urumqi: Classes are done for the day, but rather than bursting spontaneously through the gates, children at this Urumqi school walk out hand-in-hand in two orderly files, watched intently by stern-faced paramilitary officers, armed with rifles and kitted out in full riot gear.

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