There has been a spree of attacks against Chinese police and security forces in Xinjiang this month, and increasingly there are claims of organized terrorism in the region. Below are couple sources, which might help you to keep up with events in the province – obviously just a tip of an iceberg, but it’s a start:
Check out the New Dominion (http://www.thenewdominion.net/), which among other things aggregates most of the news reports on the events in the region.
Also take a look at the Opposite End of China (http://china.notspecial.org/), a local blog written by an expat.