With the recent 1 billion tonnes of oil found in Tarim Basin I wonder whether China could create another new oil city in the area following the model of Korla
The main Xinjiang unrest came from the Kashgar Hotan Aksu triangle because they are located in the western region of Xinjiang and the entire region has an overwhelming Uighur majority.
A new city with Han/Hui/Kazakh majority located in the middle of these areas would be the thing China needs to maintain a firm control over the western region.
It is not cost effective to extract from the newly discovered deposit. It is better to save it for national emergency.