Zhang Chunxian, the new governor of Xinjiang
"We must strike hard at all the separatist and destructive activities brought on by the three forces of terrorism, separatism and religious extremism."
— Zhang Chunxian, the new governor of Xinjiang
Said in a statement made to the Xinjiang Daily. Zhang, who has recently replaced the hardliner Wang Lequan, has been touted by Vice President Xi Jinping as a man with "a spirit of creative thought".
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