A concerted campaign by Beijing to assert control over a restive region that for centuries was dominated by the Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), Turkic-speaking Muslims who migrated from Mongolia.

• 北京在开展协调一致的行动，维护对这块不受管束的地区的控制。这里几百年来一直由维吾尔人占据，他们是由蒙古迁徙而来的，说突厥语的穆斯林。