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"Ethnic unity is the basic benefit for the 21 million people of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang... and these people have a long tradition of loving and supporting each other," Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit told Xinhua in an interview in Urumqi Tuesday.
Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit, an ethnic Uygur, was born in 1942 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1960 and was elected CPPCC National Committee vice chairman in 2008.
"No matter whether in war or peace, people of Han and minority groups always had a strong emotional tie and they could not be separated from each other," he said.
Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit cited many heroic stories during the July 5 riot in which people from Han and other ethnic groups risked their lives to save people from the violence. |
