Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan rikicin Ürümqi na Yuli 2009
, gwamnati ta mai da hankali kan ci gaban tattalin arziƙin gida a yunƙurin rage tashin hankali na kabilanci a cikin babban yankin Xinjiang. An sanya Kashgar a cikin Yankin Tattalin Arziki na Musamman a cikin 2010, yanki na farko a cikin yammacin China. A shekara ta 2011, tashin hankali na kwana biyu ya kashe mutane da yawa. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2012, an rushe kashi biyu bisa uku na tsohon birnin, wanda ya cika "manufofin siyasa da na tattalin arziki". Masu sukar sun kira halakar tsohuwar garin wani ɓangare na yaƙin neman zaɓe na kisan kare dangi. A watan Yulin 2014, an kashe Imam na Masallacin Id Kah, Juma Tayir, a Kashgar.