China is sending more troops to the mostly Muslim province of Xinjiang in
the far west of the country. Concerns are rising in Beijing of ethnic unrest
in the border region.
...
...Xinjiang has evolved into a virtual military base...
Tens of thousands of Chinese troops... are stationed in Shule, a garrison
town near Kashgar.
... http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,467931,00.html
