Tuesday, July 14, 2009

china - the uyghur people of xinjiang

hina - The Uyghur people of Xinjiang.

In Xinjiang, the western province of China, violent combats between the Uyghur people and the new settled Han Chinese people caused more than 150 deads in the beginning of the month of July 2009.

Relations between Chinese authorities and the Uyghur population have a long and
tense history. Uyghurs formed two short-lived East Turkestan republics in the 1930s and 40s during the Chinese civil war and the Japanese invasion. But China subsequently took control of the region, and Beijing has in recent years launched a campaign against Uyghur separatism, which it regards as a war on Islamic terrorism. It has also accused "hostile forces" in the West of fomenting unrest in the strategically important and resource-rich region, which borders several countries in Central Asia.

Uploaded by retlaw snellac on 9 Jul 09, 5.51AM PDT.

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