DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.150105 Author: Dru C. Gladney Address: Pomona College, 333 N. College Way, Claremont, CA 91711, USA E-mail: Dru.Gladney@pomona.edu Language: English Issue: 1/2021 Page Range: 85–104 No. of Pages: 20 Keywords: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, Uyghur, secessionism Abstract: In this paper, I will argue that the continuing incidents of violence that have occurred in the region known as the Uyghur Autonomous…