Recent incidents include the 2007 Xinjiang raid , a thwarted 2008 suicide bombing attempt on a China Southern Airlines flight , and the 2008 Xinjiang attack which resulted in the deaths of sixteen police officers four days before the Beijing Olympics . Further incidents include the July 2009 Ürümqi riots , the September 2009 Xinjiang unrest , and the 2010 Aksu bombing that led to the trials of 376 people . In 2013 and 2014 a series of attacks on railway stations and a market , which claimed the lives of 70 people , and wounded hundreds more , resulted in a 12-month government clampdown . Two mass sentencing trials involving 94 people convicted of terrorism charges , resulted in three receiving death sentences , and the others lengthy jail terms
2010 Aksu bombing
2010 Aksu bombing
History of Xinjiang