Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Abubuwan da suka faru kwanan nan sun hada da hare-haren Xinjiang na 2007, wani yunkurin kai harin kunar bakin wake a shekarar 2008 a kan jirgin saman China Southern Airlines, da kuma harin Xinjiang na 2008 wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar 'yan sanda goma sha shida kwanaki hudu kafin wasannin Olympics na Beijing. Sauran abubuwan da suka faru sun hada da rikicin Ürümqi na Yuli 2009
, rikicin Xinjiang na watan Satumbar 2009, da kuma fashewar bam din Aksu na 2010 wanda ya kai ga shari'ar mutane 376. A cikin 2013 da 2014 jerin hare-hare a tashoshin jirgin kasa da kasuwa, wanda ya kashe rayukan mutane 70, kuma ya raunata daruruwan mutane, ya haifar da tsauraran matakai na watanni 12. Shari'o'in yanke hukunci guda biyu da suka shafi mutane 94 da aka samu da laifin ta'addanci, sun haifar da hukuncin kisa ga uku, sauran kuma tsawon zaman kurkuku.