URUMQI, XINJIANG - OCTOBER 13: Muslim students study in front of a China's map at the Islam College on October 13, 2005 in Urumqi of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The Turkic-speaking Muslim majority and Chinese-speaking Han may live side by side in this strategically important region rich with oil, gas and minerals, but seperatists have been fighting for an independant East Turkestan homeland for the past 150 years. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)