Weekend Roundup: Since there's still more to be said on Xinjiang

James Fallows finds a sign advertising for restaurant staff at a hotel in Kashgar. Basically, it says that "No Uighurs Need Apply".
Zhong Dajun, a prominent economic consultant in China who is definitely more "nationalist" than "left wing", is now circulating a piece (Chinese only) called “The Xinjiang Incident Reveals Significant Flaws in Government Management.”
The Globe and Mail's Mark MacKinnon describes getting kicked out of Kashgar... well, kind of kicked out of Kashgar.
The Global Post reports that Uyghur workers in Guangdong, the area which first sparked the racial tensions that led to rioting in Xinjiang, are being held behind locked gates and guarded doors.
The official death toll in the region has been raised to 184 (injured persons: over 1000). Of the dead, 137 are reported to be Han Chinese and 46 are reported to be Uyghur. But these numbers are being questioned by everyone - Han and Uyghur.

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