Abstract

I was not surprised when I heard about the riots on 5th of July in Urumchi, Xinjiang because it is not the first time, and I do not think it will be the last time either. Being a local Han Chinese in Xinjiang, I want to introduce you to the real Xinjiang from my own experience and explain briefly why and how the riots happened as well as the dilemma of the ethnic policy on Uigur and other ethnic groups applied by the government.