A Uighur Muslim woman gestures while car

A Uighur Muslim woman gestures while carrying a child on a street in Kashgar on June 14, 2008 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in Central Asia. China has tightened controls on its Muslim population in this remote region ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival this week to thwart any actions aimed at disrupting the flame's relay, residents and exiles said. China says it faces a separatist Muslim terror threat in Xinjiang, a vast region of harsh deserts and stunning mountain ranges that is home to more than eight million Uighurs, a Central Asian people who have long chafed under Chinese control. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)