"Despite their living in a nominally “autonomous” zone, the many people in Xinjiang who consider themselves "Uyghurs", “Muslims”, or “Turks” feel that Chinese policy has ignored them or, worse, consciously worked against them. Today these people feel deeply threatened. In their view, the unequal division of wealth favors Han Chinese at the expense of Uyghurs. Those involved with the development of the province’s energy wealth are mainly Han Chinese, rather than Uyghurs, and the profits go mainly to Beijing."(Quoted from paper)