Xinjiang Muslim BBQ - China & Beyond (Stories, Food, and Noise) - Dispatch 008

Adventures in BBQ. China has a large population of Uighur Muslim people. It's filled with tension. Another thing I know very little about. I can recall my first trip to China, reading some official piece on how their BBQ stands were causing the pollution in Beijing. Right... I believe, Beijing "officially" still has a summer outdoor grilling ban in place, but it's mostly been business as usual when I've been there. They'll round up and destroy some of their carts in the night, and from what I've seen, that's about it. This was right before the rather vicious 2014 knife attacks, for which they were also blamed.