China and Iran?

Uighur Unrest: 140 Killed in Ethnic Riots in China - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: "Deadly riots in the remote northwestern province of Xinjiang have left at least 140 dead, Chinese officials say. The unrest is the deadliest outbreak of violence in years in a region where ethnic tensions between the Muslim Uighur community and China's Han majority are never far from the surface."

It was only 25 dead in Iran! Iran is an Observer in Shanghai Cooperation Organization that association with a logo with text in Chinese characters and the Cyrillic alphabet. I believe China has just made a precedent for how to deal with societal problems to its prospective members.