Mick Hartley

For those who've only recently become aware of Xinjiang and its problems, and are looking for some background reading, I'd recommend Christian Tyler's 2003 book Wild West China: The Untold Story of a Frontier Land (hardback subtitle: the taming of Xinjiang). I posted an extract from it here. Other relevant posts here, here, here, here, and here - and on the razing of Kashgir here.