Xinjiang: One Nation Divided
PHOTO BY GREG GIRARD / CONTACT PRESS IMAGES FOR TIME
Life Under the Crackdown
A Uighur neighborhood in Urumqi, with the domed mosque in the background. Since Sept. 11, Beijing has used fears of a connection between Muslims in Xinjiang and the al-Qaeda terror organization to crack down on the local population
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