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Bride and prejudice: rare ethnic marriages reflect China tensions

Hotan (China) (AFP) - It was not until late on her wedding day that Aygul told her parents she was even in a relationship. And they were furious.A year later, her Uighur father was still so angry she had chosen a Han husband he beat her up in a Beijing train station, stamping on her throat as he hurled insults."They hounded me and demanded I choose: my mother and father or my husband," said the 26-year-old website editor.

 

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