President Hu Jintao curtailed his attendance of the G8 summit in Italy , convened an emergency meeting of the Politburo , and dispatched Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang to Xinjiang to " guid e stability-preservation work in Xinjiang " . '' South China Morning Post '' reported a government source saying Beijing would re-evaluate the impact on arrangements for the country 's forthcoming 60th anniversary celebrations in October . Guangdong 's CPC Provincial Committee Secretary , Wang Yang , noted that the government policies towards ethnic minorities " definitely need adjustments " , otherwise " there will be some problems . " A security planner said the authorities planned to fly in more troops from other stations to raise the number of armed police presence to 130,000 before the 60th anniversary celebrations in October
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