A boy stands amidst the burnt wreckage of a bus and stalls in Urumqi, China on Monday after violent riots took over the city. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands Chinese security troops are moving into the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China after days of ethnic rioting and conflict has left at least 156 civilians dead.

The conflict started on Sunday when a protest by ethnic Uyghurs over the stalled investigation into the death of two factory workers got out of hand, and Uyghurs started attacking ethnic Han Chinese residents and businesses.

Chinese residents have also attacked Uyghers using kitchen knives, bats and steel bars. Over 1,000 have been injured in the conflict. Police forces have been sent to prevent more bloodshed.

Both Han Chinese and Uyghurs have fled the region, and thousands of Uyghurs have been arrested.

In the Washington Post yesterday, reporter Ariana Eunjung Cha recounted this scene:

At lunchtime on Tuesday at one end of the Uighur quarter, where stores and restaurants had just reopened, things looked almost normal with people running their daily errands when at around 1:50 p.m. word spread through phone calls, text messages and people driving past in cars that "The Han are coming!" Within minutes, the place emptied as entire blocks of people ran in different directions. On a bridge in a Han area a half-hour later, people began to flee when a man raced across and shouted, "The Uighurs are coming!"

Here's hoping the violence ends soon. But it will take a whole lot more than military action to calm the deep anger that both groups harbor for each other.

The 130,000-word fasterpiece "Moonwalk in Paradise," was available for purchase at Chinese bookstores just two days ago.

Authors Jiang Xiaoyu and Xing Han partnered with publishing house Xiandai to create the instant book. They started writing as soon as they heard of Jackson's death and apparently based their research on their "accumulated knowledge about the king of pop".

China Daily reports that more than 10 Chinese publishing houses are also planning to have instant books about Jackson.

Children in Shanghai walk past a special edition Hummer SUV at an exhibition of luxury goods in 2006. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Despite a Chinese company's wish to buy the bankrupt General Motors' Hummer unit, Chinese regulators will likely deny the acquisition -- partly because the gas-guzzling SUVs do not conform to China's conservation goals.

The Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd. will lobby China's National Development and Reform Commission in the coming days in an attempt to prove that the construction machinery manufacturer, which has never produced automobiles before, can takeover the Hummer division.

The NDRC must approve the sale before the Chinese company can push for the purchase.

According to the Associated Press, Tengzhong has said it would invest in research to create more fuel-efficient Hummers and would keep Hummer's headquarters and manufacturing in the United States.

Chinese fans of Michael Jackson have been gathering to mourn the loss of the music icon. Known as 迈克尔 杰克逊 (Maikeer Jiekexun), Jackson had a following that crossed generations in China.

When the Chinese economy was liberalized in the late 70s and early 80s, Jackson's "space step" 太空舞步 (taikong wubu), aka moonwalk, in the video "Thriller" was one of the first views of the West that many Chinese saw.

A Chinese fan of Michael Jackson imitates Jackson's dance at a bar in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

"Michael Jackson's music had a big impact on China, especially since China was just opening up," said Beijing resident Chai Jing to China Central Television.

"His rhythm and dance moves were so fresh and different, which is why his work was so symbolic."

Despite accusations of child abuse and his eccentric behavior, many Chinese fans believed in his innocence.

Check out Danwei's compilation of Chinese newspapers announcing Jackson's death. And watch this Chinese comedic take on Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" which appears to involve a Chinese Saddam Hussein.