BEIJING (Jan 18): China plans to invest about 170 billion yuan ($35 billion) in roads in the conflict-prone far western region of Xinjiang, the official China Daily reported on Wednesday.

Hundreds have died in recent years in unrest in Xinjiang, blamed by Beijing on Islamist militants who want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan.

But the government has recognized that discontent has been flamed by economic hardship and has funneled money into developing the region.

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