Amid Tibet unrest, Xinjiang also seethes (AFP)
By renmenbi.com on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 15:11

A Muslim Uighur woman walks with her son past security forces in the town of Kashgar, Xinjiang Province on April 2. While the world focuses on unrest in Tibet and a resulting Chinese crackdown, Beijing's leaders also face simmering tension in Xinjiang, where the reservoir of anti-China sentiment seems as deep as the region's vast oil deposits.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - While the world focuses on unrest in Tibet and a resulting Chinese crackdown, Beijing's leaders also face simmering tension in Xinjiang, where the reservoir of anti-China sentiment seems as deep as the region's vast oil deposits.