Xinjiang's

Yet the benefits are bypassing many Uighurs—especially the large numbers who do not speak Chinese—feeding animosity toward Beijing and the growing numbers of migrants from China's Han ethnic majority, who already account for 40% of Xinjiang's population.

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Two years ago in Xinjiang's regional capital of Urumqi, simmering tensions erupted in the region's worst ethnic violence in more than a decade.

China says 14 rioters killed in Xinjiang attack 2011

But a decade later, residents of Xinjiang's bustling regional capital Urumqi and rights groups say the effect has only been to widen the divide between Uighurs and the Han Chinese majority, and fan the deeper causes of unrest.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011

The statements by the local government contradict earlier claims by officials in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar, where more than a dozen people were killed this summer by knife-wielding Uighurs, a minority group in China that makes up a large part of Xinjiang's population.

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The fair, whose guest of honor was Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, also underscored the challenge facing China in trying to bridge Xinjiang's yawning ethnic divide.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011

A few problems every now and again should not blacken Xinjiang's name, said Urumqi resident Lin Sen, 23, among new tower blocks of one of the city's heavily Han suburbs.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011

The fair, whose guest of honor was Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, also underscored the challenge facing China in trying to bridge Xinjiang's yawning ethnic divide.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011

No group has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks in Xinjiang's western city, Kashgar.

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But a decade later, residents of Xinjiang's bustling regional capital Urumqi and rights groups say the effect has only been to widen the divide between Uighurs and the Han Chinese majority, and fan the deeper causes of unrest.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011

A few problems every now and again should not blacken Xinjiang's name, said Urumqi resident Lin Sen, 23, among new tower blocks of one of the city's heavily Han suburbs.

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide Reuters 2011