A year-long crackdown on terrorism was launched in China with (SHIN-GEE-ANG) Xinjiang as the major battleground after a terrorist attack on May 22 in an open market in the regional capital Urumqi. The attack, the deadliest in recent years in the region, killed 39 innocent people and injured 94 others.

Questions:

1. How many people were executed for terrorist attacks and violent crimes?

2. How many cases were involved?

3. When was China’s year-long crackdown on terrorism launched?

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Answers:

1. 13.

2. 7.

3. After a May 22 attack in Urumqi.

About the broadcaster:

Anne Ruisi is an editor at China Daily online with more than 30 years of experience as a newspaper editor and reporter. She has worked at newspapers in the U.S., including The Birmingham News in Alabama and City Newspaper of Rochester, N.Y.

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