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Even cynics were surprised when a court in China handed moderate Uighur independence advocate Ilham Tohti a life sentence and severe economic penalties on Tuesday. Now observers think the harsh ruling may further stoke tensions and violence in China’s Xinjiang province.

Attackers in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, the capital of the restive province of Xinjiang, killed 31 people and injured more than 90 at an outdoor market. It was just the latest in a series of terror attacks Chinese officials are blaming on separatists from Xinjiang.Attackers in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, the capital of the restive province of Xinjiang, killed 31 people and injured more than 90 at an outdoor market. It was just the latest in a series of terror attacks Chinese officials are blaming on separatists from Xinjiang.

Payzulla Polat was a drummer in a famous band in the Uighur city of Urumqi in China. He decided to come to the US to study music and realized he couldn’t find good Uighur food. So he created his own Uighur food truck called “Uyghur Kitchen.”

Payzulla Polat was a drummer in a famous band in the Uighur city of Urumqi in China. He decided to come to the US to study music and realized he couldn’t find good Uighur food. So he created his own Uighur food truck called “Uyghur Kitchen.”

As Han and Uighur Chinese battled each other in a flare up of ancient ethnic tensions, the Chinese President Hu Jintao had to leave the G8 meeting in Italy to attend to the situation.