http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/china401/For background information on Xinjiang (Turkestan) and Uyghurs, the above site might be useful. Additionally, I have spent some time there and am able to share some information should you be interested. This is an important issue - not all that different, I might add, or at least in my opinion, from Tibet.
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