China Shines Torch in Xinjiang's Face http://www.feer.com/politics/2008/july/china-shines-torch-in-xinjiangs-face
by Christopher B. Shay
Posted July 23, 2008
On a recent night in Yarkand, a town in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, I spied about a dozen members of the People's Liberation Army wielding clubs resembling baseball bats near my hotel. While the soldiers looked more bored than menacing, they served as a reminder that Xinjiang is, and will remain, part of China. http://www.feer.com/politics/2008/july/china-shines-torch-in-xinjiangs-face