MoreChina: Dozens Dead or Injured in Xinjiang ‘Terror,’ but Facts Are Few and Far BetweenThe Capital of China’s Xinjiang Region Is In Lockdown After a Deadly BlastIn China, Deadly Bomb and Knife Attack Rocks Xinjiang CapitalThe prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti was charged with separatism on Wednesday, amid a period of violent unrest in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang. An outspoken critic of China’s policies in the region, the Beijing-based professor of economics has been detained since January.