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Massive investments, continuous political harangues and high propaganda have all failed to deliver the much espoused ‘harmonious’, ‘stable’ and ‘integrative’ development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The achievement of such a vision, outlined in the Chinese government’s White Papers (2003 and 2009), seems far from being realized. The Urumqi crisis of 2009 lays bare the inefficacy of the Chinese official policy in dealing with the ethnic and separatist movement destabilizing Xinjiang.