Capital of Xinjiang passes law to ban wearing burqa in public . A spate of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang province , long inhabited by the largely Uyghurs . Arrival of waves of Islamic over a month has fueled ethnic tensions .
Capital of Xinjiang province passes law to ban wearing burqa in public . A spate of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang , long inhabited by the largely Muslim Uyghurs . Arrival of waves of Han Chinese over the past decades has fueled ethnic tensions .