article_snippet: Xinjiang said Xinjiang were planning to strengthen a crackdown on terrorism and extremism in the area, home to the minority Muslim Uighur, some of whom want some of whom own independent state.
article_snippet: Some of the Uighur want Some of the Uighur own state, like these delegates from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the area has been beset by violence in recent years . '
article_snippet: There are Uighurs that have fled overseas and joined the Islamic State,' said Zhang Chunxian, Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, on Tuesday. '
article_snippet: The organisation has a huge international influence and Xinjiang can't keep aloof from The organisation and China have already been affected. '
article_snippet: China have also found that some who fought returned to Xinjiang to participate in terrorist plots.'
article_snippet: China has previously expressed concerns about the rise of ISIS, fearing China will fuel unrest and violence in Xinjiang, where some seek to set up an independent state called East Turkestan.
article_snippet: Xinjiang has seen repeated violence, as members of the Muslim Uighur have bristled under what members of the Muslim Uighur say is repressive Chinese government rule.
article_snippet: Beijing has previously blamed the violence on Islamic militants with foreign connections who are seeking an independent state in Xinjiang, but has offered little evidence and ignored calls for independent investigations.
article_snippet: Uighur groups say police have used indiscriminate deadly force against people protesting the government's policies in the region.
article_snippet: A the Muslim Uighur man passes part of the old city of Kashgar .
article_snippet: Attacks blamed on Uighurs have also occurred in other parts of the country, including a car which plowed into Beijing's Tiananmen Gate in 2013, killing five people.
article_snippet: Zhang said authorities would take measures to stop people from going abroad to fight with the group, and that Zhang expects 'fewer and fewer cases' of that happening. '
highlights_snippet: Some are then returning to home state of Xinjiang to plot against Chinese .
  
highlights_snippet: Separatists from the Muslim Uighur minority group want Separatists from the Muslim Uighur minority group .
  
highlights_snippet: Violence has spread from Xinjiang to Beijing as Violence fight 'repressive rule'
  