In March 1997 , two bombs detonated on Beijing buses . The first bomb hit a Route 22 Bus in Xidan on the night of March 7 , killing three and injuring ten . The second , one day later , claimed two more lives . The bombings , which followed the outbreak of protests and bombings in Xinjiang , took place during the annual sessions of the legislature and political consultative conference in the capital , and were widely blamed on Uyghur separatists . In 1999 , the Xinjiang Village at Ganjiakou , was demolished a mere seven years after the Haidian government had recognized it . Though Uyghur shopowners were compensated for their losses , their community in the capital scattered
bombings in Xinjiang
1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
History of Beijing