Uygur and Han Students unite against mobs

Wang Mingya (R), a 16-year-old Han Chinese, is recovering from the injuries during the riot in a hospital in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 9, 2009. Wang said that he was saved by several Uygur teenagers as he was suddenly knocked down and beaten by the rioters on his way home July 5, 2009. “The teenagers persuaded the mobs to let me go. Without their protection, I might already die. They are my brothers, and I will thank them for my whole life," said Wang. [Xinhua]