Capital of Xinjiang province passed law to ban wearing burqa in 2013 . A series of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang , long inhabited by the largely Muslim Uyghurs . The new ban in Urumqi was first reported on ts.cn , a Xinjiang government-run website , and later widely published by other state media outlets . Hundreds of thousands of Han migrants over the past decades has increased ethnic tensions .
Capital of Xinjiang province passed law to ban wearing burqa in 2013 . A series of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang , long inhabited by the largely Muslim Uyghurs . Hundreds of thousands of Han migrants over the past decades has increased ethnic tensions .