Text messaging services resume in Xinjiang six months after riot

Text messaging services have been "gradually" restored since midnight Sunday for mobile phone users in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, six months after the July 5 riot in the regional capital of Urumqi, when services were cut down to prevent further violence.

[via China View]

emily | 8:53 PM | News, Buzz, SMS and Politics |
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