A struggle has persisted in China for many centuries.  The struggle has been between the sovereignty of China and the cry for provincial independence.  This paper outlines the struggle of two such provinces: the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.  The seeds of revolution were planted by inner and outer influences within the minds and hearts of the people.  China has sought to prevent the fruits of these seeds from reaching maturity through drastic measures which  include ethnic cleansing, political brutality, and genocide of the masses.  The regions of the country are different, but the methods are similar.  Human rights abuses are prevalent in both provinces.  Time and again, China has promised an end to their mistreatment of the people in these provinces, only to break such promises.  Even though the world has not looked on in silence, no viable public policy has succeeded in preventing these atrocities and promoting peaceful coexistence between the various ethnicities of China.  The following paper seeks to explore why this is so.