On Tuesday riot police were once again on the streets of the western Chinese city of Urumqi to deal with ethnic Uighur protesters.
About 200 Uighurs, many of them women, gathered to protest over the arrest of 1,400 people after deadly violence on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses said Sunday's protests began with a few hundred people, but grew rapidly.
Protesters carrying knives, bricks and batons smashed cars and shops and fought with security forces.
China's state-run news agency Xinhua said more than 150 people were killed during the clashes and at least 1,000 were injured.
The government has blamed separatist Uighurs based abroad for orchestrating attacks on ethnic Han Chinese.
A BBC correspondent says it is one of the most serious clashes between Chinese authorities and protesters since Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Evidence of the violence and bloodshed could be seen in Urumqi city centre. Chinese media has been showing graphic images of badly beaten people.
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