"Beijing’s safest bet in ensuring that the region remains free of fanatic Islamist violence is to make sure that economic improvements and opportunities are more evenly distributed. It befalls on the Uighurs as well as to the Chinese to make the best out of the ongoing development of Xinjiang ... despite the resurgence in recent years of Muslim identity throughout Central Asia the radical Islamic dimension of Uighur activism in Xinjiang – which has certainly been on the rise for some time – should not be over-emphasized." (Quoted from paper)