AdvertisementWary Of Unrest Among Uighur Minority, China Locks Down Xinjiang RegionSeptember 26, 2017Rob SchmitzfacebookEmailAt Urumqi's Grand Bazaar, a police officer chats with a local vendor while a video promoting China's ethnic minorities plays on a big screen overlooking the square. This was the site of Uighur protests in 2009 that sparked citywide riots, leading to the death of hundreds. Since then, the city has become one of China's most tightly controlled police states. (NPR)