Riots in Xinjiang: Future of Uighers and how will China deal with it? Part 2

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Have any of you seen Old Kashgar? It is a bunch of mud brick buildings which are prone to constant collapse with all the siesmic activity. If a major earthquake were to hit, tens of thousands would likely die as in 1902. They have little choice but to rebuild it up to code. What I don't like is they are moving them 8km away. There is no reason they can't build them new housing on site.
 

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You can put whatever spin you may want,the fact remains its part of a larger programme of cultural pogrom being carried out by the commy's,demographic aggression being the other part.
 

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In this forum, the Indians begin to support Islamic violence. In this case, India should join Pakistan.
That's interesting that people judge things by their position instead of the facts.
funny when you say that.
china blocked JUD and JEM at UN. you are the all weather friend of pakistan which has created those!!

Why attacked the innocent?
Why are you so cold-bloody toward the innocent and sympathy to the killers as a compatriot of invilolent Gandhi. Wont you deny that the criminals should pay for their deeds? Do you really think a dozen of killers can kill 200 and injured thousands? Every Chinese felt pity for Bombay Hotel explosion. Pity you stand with the criminals.
JUD which is the mother of LET and JEM have killed thousands in india including mumbai. so what you did? you blocked both from being banned at UN and support pakistan which perpetrates these acts on a daily basis.
so save your opinion to yourself.
 

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You can put whatever spin you may want,the fact remains its part of a larger programme of cultural pogrom being carried out by the commy's,demographic aggression being the other part.
I don't entirely agree. It is the same thing we have been seeing all over China. Han Chinese have been forced to move by the millions just for the Three Gorges. Entire cities picked up and moved. Villages are bulldozed all the time just to stimulate housing. Plenty of other districts have been bulldozed for code violations affecting millions of people. China has one agenda, progress at any cost. Razing cities to the ground has become the MO for Chinese construction stimulus. Losing out on culture is only a side effect.
 

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Much of the same that was rattled by the Nazis and Stalin and even pol pot where he carried out a cul de sac for Cambodia,that's why we despise all of them and so must we the chicom for what they are upto.
 

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I don't think comparing CCP to Hitler, Stalin, or Pol Pot is very rational debate.
 

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We do feel regret for the innocent chinese killed in sectarian violence in tibet and Xinjiang, but the way the entire Uighur and tibetian community is hounded and deprived of base human necessities is what we are talking about , until China looks at the injustices meted out to these people you are not really trying to stop the violence.
How can we stop the violence, while India is planning to support and finance more and more terrotists and separatist to kill innocent Chinese?
Anyways, you say Chinese felt pity at the dead of Mumbai, thank you for the sentiment! but next time try not to express your pity by further arming and financing the terorrist sponsors(read PA & ISI) that were the real perpetarators of Mumbai.
I am really getting sick of these outrageous, hilarious and groundless accusation.
Do you have any hard proof to back up your nonsense?
Hardly can i say you are an ignorant person, because you obviously are well-educated. But your lack of common sense really concerns me. Havent you been taught by your government, while you are making such a serious accusation, you should provide evidence to prove it, if you can't, you better shut up? Based on what i saw in this forum, your government certaily failed to teach you that. Maybe this is typical way the Indian government is behaving, you are just imitating. As the old Chinese saying goes, "上梁不正,下梁歪", which means if the boss misbehaves, so do the followers.
BTW, i feel pity for that!
 

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How can we stop the violence, while India is planning to support and finance more and more terrotists and separatist to kill innocent Chinese?
wow. great you people keep asking for hard proof from independant sources when we say things. so can you too do that?

on the other hand your own govt appreciates india!!

China thanks India for Tibet move
BBC NEWS | South Asia | China thanks India for Tibet move

and you strangely disagree with them while all the time supporting it blindly on other issues as we have seen in many debates!! :s

I am really getting sick of these outrageous, hilarious and groundless accusation.
Do you have any hard proof to back up your nonsense?
there you go again!!
what does it mean when you block terror organisations from being proscribed at UN? is it not supporting terror?

China scuttles efforts to get JeM chief proscribed
China scuttles efforts to get JeM chief proscribed | Deccan Chronicle

Pakistan's Dilemma
witness Beijing actually casting a rare vote in favour of banning Pakistani organisations and persons as terrorists at the United Nations Security Council
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2008-weekly/nos-21-12-2008/spr.htm

Pakistan army and their intelligence agencies are well known for their terror links and support. it is well documented only china deliberately fails to see it. when you support these what does it mean.

india has valid grounds to beleive and complain.

Ulfa leaders held, admit China link
Ulfa leaders held, admit China link- Hindustan Times

btw do take a look at these too.

China's support to Pakistan's jihadists - upiasia.com

older article about taliban.

China Supports bin Laden And The Taliban
 

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Paper no. 3579 31-Dec-2009

CHINA: Xinjiang’s Wakhan Corridor as US Base?

By D. S. Rajan

Hongkong press reports in the first week of December 2009 have disclosed that Washington has made a request to Beijing for permission to use Xinjiang’s narrow 76-kilometer Wakhan corridor bordering Afghanistan as an additional route for transporting US and NATO military supplies to Northern Afghanistan. The request has been said to have been made on the basis of US perceptions that the existing channels for the purpose through Pakistan are prone to terrorist threats. Subsequently, evidence towards the beginning of a public debate on the subject through some of the media and blogs are surfacing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the spotlight now seems to have shifted to a wider issue: what should be the country’s future Afghanistan strategy?

Beijing’s official response to the US request has so far been cautious, with the PRC Foreign Ministry Spokesperson stating (Dongfang Zao Bao, 6 December 2009 as reported in Watching America : U.S. Implores China to Open Borders to U.S. Military Supplies to Afghanistan) in a reply to a question that China will continue to ‘maintain a dialogue with the US on the matter’.

The Chinese media on the other hand have been more forthright. An authoritative analysis (by Director of Centre for China and Globalisation, Beijing, Globaltimes_Opinion dated 7 December 2009) does not see any chance of China giving ‘substantial support’ to the US in Afghanistan, unless Washington stops treating Beijing as potential adversary and shows sufficient sensitivity to the latter’s core interests like return to China of Uighur prisoners held in Guantanamo bay and Taiwan. At the same time, it supports an Afghanistan policy for China as a part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation initiative and advises a China-Pakistan joint approach towards Afghanistan in conformity with their strategic partnership.

A subsequent blog in the authoritative website, ‘Huan Qiu’, the Chinese language version of the Global Times (blog.huanqiu.com/?uid-160107-action-viewspace-itemid-399427 dated 22 December 2009), raises a question: where will China’s territorial sovereignty be if a US military base comes up in Xinjiang? According to it, analysts in the mainland-controlled press in Hongkong as well as researchers in the PRC foreign ministry-affiliated China Institute of International Studies, have already come out in support of the US military entering China and both the nations joining in the attack against Afghanistan extremists. They have also viewed that a US military presence in Xinjiang can facilitate troops of both nations coming together to fight against ‘Xinjiang independence and splittist forces.’ The blog then mocks at such writers by asking whether or not they know the fact that it is the US which nurtures ‘Xinjiang splittists’ and hits them by saying that they are similar to those who had believed that the entry of Japanese troops into China could lead to realization of ‘East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere’.

Another contribution (bbs.huanqiu.com dated 24 December 2009) also takes a firm position against Beijing’s acceptance of the US request, by emphasizing that China’s principled stand on non-violation of the country’s territorial sovereignty should not be sacrificed. Raising the wider issue of China’s Afghanistan strategy, it points out that neighboring nations of Afghanistan particularly Iran and Pakistan, in their self interests, may welcome China’s military involvement as the same can contribute to prevention of chaos in Afghanistan. On the part of Russia, it is concerned with China’s expanding influence in Central Asia and to create a balance, would like China to fall into the trap of Afghanistan quagmire and get weakened in the process. India’s attitude would be similar.

Another write-up on the same day (Global Times, 24 December 2009) asks China to realize the consequences of siding with the US in Afghanistan and warns against getting “dragged into the US messy airs in Central Asia and becoming a US scapegoat”. It, in addition, cautions China against the possible adverse reaction likely from the Muslim world. The analysis at the same time justifies any dispatch of Chinese police forces, not troops, to Afghanistan, to safeguard the PRC’s ongoing Chinese projects.

No doubt the above are some of the public opinions carried in the Chinese media. They may have no direct relation to the formulation of government’s policies, but their potential to influence the decision-making cannot be doubted. Looking from this perspective, a firm inference can be drawn that the PRC may refrain from sending its troops to Afghanistan as part of US and NATO alliance forces; possible on the other hand is dispatch of its police to Afghanistan to safeguard the China’s ongoing economic ventures, like the US$3 billion dollar Aynak copper mining project. China would like to promote building of infrastructure in Afghanistan such as a railway to transport copper, besides strengthening trade and investment relations.

Secondly, China may find it difficult to provide any facility to the US in Wakhan co rridor. This subject involves the sensitive factor of territorial sovereignty, which the Chinese leadership cannot afford to ignore. Accepting US request may even become an element in China’s factional domestic politics.

The appeals from the Afghan leaders to China for opening Wakhan corridor, falls under a different category. Both sides seem to eye on mutual benefits, mainly economic, if the corridor is open. As per a BBC report (‘ China Mulls Afghanistan Border Sheldon Filger, 6 December 2009), Beijing has promised to be ‘earnest and positive’ to Kabul’s pleas (made by President Karzai at Beijing in August 2008 and later by Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili at Beijing in October 2009) for developing Wakhan, especially building road links between Badakhshan province and Xinjiang.

The US-China Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of President Obama’s visit to China, mentioned ‘support’ of the two sides to the “efforts of Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight terrorism, maintain domestic stability and achieve sustainable economic and social development”. The question is in what specific forms the Chinese support will be; that would depend on Beijing’s Afghanistan strategy in the coming years. The strategy would definitely revolve around China’s quest for energy and resources in Afghanistan, the latter’s importance for it in countering Uighur separatism and terrorism in Xinjiang and its evolving relations with Central Asian nations as well as Iran, Pakistan and India, which will be both cooperative and competitive. The strategy will also be tempered by the necessity for China to keep the Muslim world on its side while extending any support to the anti-Taliban actions underway in Afghanistan. It may also be not surprising if Beijing chooses to tolerate a Taliban-led regime assuming power in Afghanistan; it appears be still unsure of the outcome of the current offensive against Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Opinions in the state-controlled media (e.g. Li Hongmei, People’s Daily, 23 December 2009) have of late rather been pessimistic about the US success in fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Beijing’s future moves towards Afghanistan will have implications for India. It is no secret that Pakistan aims at restricting Indian influence in Afghanistan. Besides historical and cultural links, India’s commercial initiatives in Afghanistan like power and road projects are contributing to better standards of living for the Afghan people and making bilateral relations stronger. In a strategic sense, the importance of Afghanistan for India needs no emphasis. In such a scenario, any increase in China’s profile in Afghanistan, may complicate the already existing regional power rivalry. In this regard, the following remarks (20 September 2009) of the US General Stanley McChrystal appear relevant – “Indian political and economic influence is increasing in Afghanistan, including significant development efforts and financial investment. In addition, the current Afghan government is perceived by Islamabad to be pro-Indian. While Indian activities largely benefit the Afghan people, increasing Indian influence in Afghanistan is likely to exacerbate regional tensions and encourage Pakistani counter-measures in Afghanistan or India.”

(The writer, Mr. D.S.Rajan, is the Director, Chennai Centre for China Studies, India.Email:[email protected])

CHINA: Xinjiang’s Wakhan Corridor as US Base?
 

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here is the original american plea.

Oriental Morning Post, China

U.S. Implores China to Open
Borders to U.S. Military
Supplies to Afghanistan


By Zhou Jinglu

Translated By Lauren Christopher

6 December 2009

Edited by Amy Wong

China - Oriental Morning Post - Original Article (Chinese)

President Obama’s decision to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan to 30,000 has seemingly pushed the China-U.S. relationship into complicated territory. According to the “South China Morning Post,” Washington is in discussions with Beijing to open the Xinjiang region’s border with Northern Afghanistan to facilitate the transport of supplies to troops stationed in the area, a move that would require infrastructure investment in Afghanistan and Chinese cooperation.

Because of its unique position, the Wakhan Corridor on the China-Afghanistan border is of great concern and interest, as the U.S plans to utilize this area as a supply line for its troops.

In his interview with the “South China Morning Post,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Crowley, explained that the greatest difficulty for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is insufficient supplies. The majority of supplies come via Pakistani ports, but this supply route frequently receives terrorist threats. “We are looking at how to create alternative supply lines. This is the something we will be talking to China and neighboring countries about,” he stated.

President Obama brought up the question of opening borders during his previous visit to China, but the issue has not made any progress. Afghan officials are also campaigning China to open 73 km of its border, proposing that the government consider building railroads and highways and use the resulting contacts and dealings to improve trade.

During routine press conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Qin Gang faced tough questions about the U.S.’s proposal regarding the Chinese-Afghanistan border. He responded that China will continue to maintain a dialogue and cooperate with the U.S. on this matter and other South Asian issues, while maintaining established communication and agreements.

Obama administration officials announced that extra troops will be sent in order to carry out a more diplomatic military offense, which will attract more investment for long-term support of Afghan reconstruction. This will help stabilize the Afghan political situation after the U.S. military withdraws. The Obama administration had also stated numerous times that it hopes China will play a constructive role in Afghan affairs. In the long run, the U.S. will seek close cooperation with China to increase support, aid and investment in Afghanistan.

Assistant Secretary Crowley explained that despite the effort to enhance military operations in order to gain the upper hand, Afghanistan’s reconstruction after the war will require international agreement and cooperation in terms of infrastructure, organization and economics. He stated that this effort will encompass everything from cultivating a judiciary system to bringing products to market. He also expressed hope for Japan and South Korea to join China in playing their respective roles in Afghanistan.

China’s direct investment in Afghanistan represents a growing trend, with the maximum investment in an Aynak coal mine at nearly $3.5 billion. China is still involved in Afghanistan, helping local citizens construct hospitals and mosques.

Watching America : U.S. Implores China to Open Borders to U.S. Military Supplies to Afghanistan
 

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highly unlikely to happen.
china is paranoid about xinjiang. infact to keep it cool, has been maintaining the a position which will not cross with terror groups lest they get involved in xinjiang. explains why china blocked UN on JEM & JUD.
this american request for supply corridor, if allowed, will put china on a collision course with taliban, which they are loathe to. also worthwhile to recollect AQ threat to china on uighurs in the recent past.
they will not do anything which affects their claim to xinjiang. last thing they need is terror groups operating in xinjiang and muslim world crossing them diplomatically.
no. this will not happen.
 

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How can we stop the violence, while India is planning to support and finance more and more terrotists and separatist to kill innocent Chinese?
Show me proof of indian involvement in any terror attacks in china , not from PLA and CCP mouth pieces i am talking real proof from non-indian and non-chinese sources before you level baseless accusations.

I am really getting sick of these outrageous, hilarious and groundless accusation.
Do you have any hard proof to back up your nonsense?
Hardly can i say you are an ignorant person, because you obviously are well-educated. But your lack of common sense really concerns me. Havent you been taught by your government, while you are making such a serious accusation, you should provide evidence to prove it, if you can't, you better shut up? Based on what i saw in this forum, your government certaily failed to teach you that. Maybe this is typical way the Indian government is behaving, you are just imitating. As the old Chinese saying goes, "上梁不正,下梁歪", which means if the boss misbehaves, so do the followers.
BTW, i feel pity for that!
Proof of Pakistani involvement in aiding and abetting terror in India is well documented around the world .your rant above makes me sad to notice that you probably do not have access to unbiased/uncensored independent news sources on the internet(otherwise you would not be asking for proof),chinese internet being what it is. As for information I DO NOT RELY ON GOI SOURCES EVER, my posts should have made that clear to you by now. anyways for your benefit i am posting unbiased non-GOI and non-CCP, non-pakistani links on pakistani involvement in the mumbai attacks read and enlighten yourself if you can manage to access some clear uncensored information for once.Also read the ISAS working apaper i ama attaching it has snippets on pakistani military involvement in terror attacks in India.

TIME Magazine
Pakistani Involvement in the Mumbai Attacks - TIME

Jihad watch
Pakistan involvement in Mumbai jihad attacks? - Jihad Watch

Associated press
The Associated Press: Feds: Chicago suspect knew of Mumbai attack

ABC News
2nd Chicago terror suspect knew about Mumbai attack - 12/14/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com

Open Democracy
Mumbai: Pakistan?s moment of opportunity | openDemocracy

Los Angeles Times
Mumbai attacks put focus on Pakistani militant group - Los Angeles Times
 

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Seven Questions with Rebiya Kadeer

Seven Questions with Rebiya Kadeer
The "voice of the Uighurs" speaks out against China's war and says now only the world can help them.

INTERVIEW BY ANNIE LOWREY | AUGUST 20, 2009(ii know it's old)




Rebiya Kadeer, an ethnic Uighur from Xinjiang Province, China, is a prominent human rights activist.

She once was a successful businesswoman and a member of a state council. But her vocal denunciation of violence against Uighurs and the state's repressive policies led to a 8-year jail sentence and, ultimately, exile in the United States. She now acts as "the Uighurs' voice," leading a representative world body and lobbying foreign governments to support them.

The Chinese government accused Kadeer of fomenting the ethnic violence that rocked Xinjiang in July and spurred a heavy-handed government crackdown. In this interview, she discusses relations in the restive region -- and calls on the world to protect the Uighur minority.

Zubayra Shamseden acted as a translator for this interview, which was lightly edited for length and clarity. Excerpts:

Foreign Policy: Were you involved in the unrest in Xinjiang? And how do you react to China's insistence that you helped foment the riots?

Rebiya Kadeer: No. I am the voice of these people and I want peace. The [World Uighur Congress] and I have worked since June 26, with 51 organizations around the world, to protest the violence, to go to governments and parliaments and senators around the world to intervene.

I was very disappointed [by the Chinese accusation]. I'm not very happy at all, because they're accusing me [of causing] what happened in Xinjiang, when they should be asking themselves why it took place. Why did those people take to the streets to demand justice?

And even if they [do blame] me for what happened, they should come to me and ask me, "Why did you do it?" Let's come to a dialogue then. Because if they listened to me, I would tell the Chinese authorities: Look, this is what my people want. This is what my people wish to have from you.

Instead of blaming me for everything, [the Chinese authorities] should just stop suppressing and stop killing people. They should stop doing what they've been doing. They should try to listen to the people's pleas.

With their propaganda, they've been able to mislead the international community, to lie. But it's impossible for the Chinese authorities to cheat on the local people, the Uighur people. They wouldn't believe it. They do not believe it. Even the Han Chinese, they do not believe it. The Chinese authorities clearly knew that nobody [believes] that I instigated the incident and that it happened the way it did.

They blame me for using my name, Rebiya, against them. But they use my name, Rebiya, to suppress the people. If it weren't me, they would find somebody else to blame. In the [case] of Tibet, whatever takes place, whatever happens, it's always the Dalai Lama. Always the Dalai Lama. For 50 years, that is what the Chinese authorities have been doing in Tibet. So it is in Xinjiang.

FP: Tell us what we don't hear in the media. What are you most worried about?

RK: The current situation in our country is very grave.

I don't have any proof for some of the incidences I've heard about. Based on unconfirmed sources, we're hearing that the authorities are arresting people every day. Hundreds of people. On a daily basis.

After arresting the people, the Chinese authorities are -- if they agree to work with the Chinese authorities, like as a spy, they will release them. But the rest of them are missing. Nobody knows where they have gone, all the disappeared.

In terms of wounded protesters, wounded Uighur people, they were taken to the second or third local hospitals. Somehow they all disappeared from the local hospital. They took them to the military hospital. And it's just very questionable. Why did they have to transfer them to the military hospital? We suspect some were killed or put in prison. But anything could have happened.

On the streets, we hear that people have been finding bodies [in the gutters]. Also, a television station said there were bodies found in the medical university in Urumqi. There are many of these stories, but they are from unconfirmed sources. [We don't think these were] executions by the military or the police, but Uighurs killed by Han Chinese mobs. But we don't know. We don't hear about them.

FP: One of the tensions you describe is that many Uighurs -- though not all -- want to have peace with China. But China does not want peace with the Uighurs, so much as it wants to eradicate them.

RK: That is true. The Chinese purposefully instigated the violence in Xinjiang, as well -- even when they were sending troops to stop it. They wanted the Han Chinese and the Uighurs to be violent against each other. There were Chinese security officials in ordinary, plain clothes to create Chinese mobs against the Uighurs. There was no way for the local population to know they were doing it. And you cannot find any information in China about the shootings and the killings of the Uighurs.

What the Chinese authorities say within China is that the Uighurs hate peace. But there were protests where Uighurs were holding Chinese flags, which they never do. They were trying to say: We are your citizens; we are your people. We demand change, but we demand peace.

Uighurs normally don't hold those flags -- because China invaded the region 60 years ago. China said they would give Xinjiang autonomy, but instead, it has been suppressed and they moved millions of Han Chinese to Xinjiang. The autonomous rule was never implemented. This is genocide. They want to destroy the Uighur culture -- they destroyed Kashgar, which had 5,000 years of civilization, of history.

FP: What has happened to you, personally?

RK: I have become the No. 1 enemy of the Chinese authorities because I am the voice of my people. I have been punished. They destroyed my wealth, my businesses. They arrested my children and harassed my family. They forced my children onto television, to lie about my activities. They forced my children from their homes, and then demolished them. They took away our human rights. This is the last shameful thing -- the Chinese authorities are forcing my family from their homes. But where will they go? Just because they are my relatives, no one will offer them a place.

Plus, at the moment, they are demolishing two of my trade centers. At the Rebiya Trade Center, 2,000 merchants work there. It is like a wholesale center for all of East Turkestan. It is the last source of income for many in the region -- it is a ridiculous situation -- it is their last income source. At the back of that trade center is another, named after my daughter. In that center -- my children are living there now. And the authorities are demolishing it as well.

It is a revenge act [against] me.

I have five children and nine grandchildren in East Turkestan. Two of my children are in prison. The situation is very grave. I hope some country on Earth will help them and bring them out. I am amazed sometimes. Why isn't the United Nations or the United States asking why? The authorities are openly suppressing this population. It is a genocide.

FP: Where have you taken your effort to make the plight of the Uighur public? How do you do so?

RK: The United States. It is confident in its support. [The United States] believes it has the authority to save people like mine. But if America would [have intervened] promptly, the situation would be better. Instead, what happened was that the Chinese authorities demonstrated, in China and to the world, what they can do.

Only the rest of the world can save Xinjiang now. I tried, I actually tried inside China, to resolve these issues, but it did not happen. I was imprisoned and had to leave the country. They suppress any [dissent]. Anyone who tried to raise the issue peacefully, about their basic human rights, the Chinese authorities responded with prison, or sometimes the death sentence.

[Recently, I heard] about a group, a delegation, which went to Beijing to talk with authorities about a peaceful resolution. They were arrested.

Now, I have to rally support from democratic countries. We reach out to parliaments, senates, religious organizations, mosques, and human rights organizations. Uighurs rely on the world now. That's the only thing we have. What I do when I visit parliaments and senators and governments is ask that the Uighurs become part of their foreign-policy [agenda].

We reach out to Western governments -- like the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden. We are also reaching out to the Islamic world now because [China is] restricting the Uighurs in Xinjiang from practicing their religion. The Chinese authorities have told the Islamic world that they have no problem with the exercise of religion. They say that they allow Buddhists, Christians, Muslims. But that is not true.

China is very tactical, and two-sided. To the Islamic world, they say that the Uighurs are separatists and not religious. To the Western world, they say the Uighurs are radicals. To Turkey, they say, "Rebiya works for the CIA." They are very tactical, and they have different versions of this propaganda. They want to make us lonely in the world.

FP: What is your goal? What do you think will happen in Xinjiang?

RK: What do we want? Peace.

It depends not on the Uighurs, but on the Chinese authorities. If they allow self-determination and a dialogue, then it will be resolved peacefully. The Chinese authorities should comply with the United Nations convention on self-determination in Xinjiang.

And we will see how the situation continues. We will see how the Chinese authorities deal with these thousands of innocent prisoners in jail. They must stop arresting, release the innocent, bring back the Uighurs they forcefully removed from East Turkestan. We will see also how they resolve the issues with the Uighur and Han schools.

But they know now: The Uighurs will not stop. We advocated peace, but they continued to suppress us. We here warned the Uighurs in China that they would be suppressed and killed -- but they did not listen. They said, "All we have left is our soul. We have nothing but our soul."

FP: What else should we know? What else should we be thinking about?

RK: I was watching CCTV, a Chinese [state-controlled] television station. I saw a report that said "The United States came into Afghanistan with an army. We will move into Afghanistan with money." Then, there were pictures of Uighur homes burning. It did not say it -- but, this is part of why they want to wipe out the Uighur people. Because only a mountain separates Afghanistan and China. A mountain and Xinjiang province and my people.

It was just a flicker -- just a moment on television. I couldn't tape it. But the State Department should watch it.

China does want, in Afghanistan, business. Gas, and infrastructure. And it does not want violence. Since 2001, when the United States invaded Afghanistan, there has been much more violence in Xinjiang because [the region is more restive] and because as soon as [U.S. President George W. Bush] moved soldiers into Afghanistan, China started to suppress. Think about why that would take place. To stop violence, and to gain business. That is why they are committing genocide, and that is why they destroyed a 5,000-year-old city.

But the genocide of the Uighurs, it's similar to what happened with the Pharaohs [in ancient Egypt] when they were conquered and the [culture was lost]. It is similar to what happened with them.

Seven Questions with Rebiya Kadeer | Foreign Policy
An interesting interview with the woman china blames for the deaths of thousands,What was most interesting was the support she has received from the United states. All in all a good read.
 

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Internet resumes 6 months after riot in west China

AP BEIJING, January 2, 2010


Customers use computers at an Internet cafe in China. After ethnic rioting, internet services are slowly making a comeback. File photo

Limited Internet services slowly began to return to far western China on Tuesday, almost six months after ethnic rioting led the government to shut down Web and phone links to the outside world.

Residents of the Xinjiang region on Tuesday could access Web sites for the state-run Xinhua News Agency and the People's Daily, the Communist Party newspaper, and other Internet, text messaging and international calling services will slowly resume, according to a notice on the Web site of the Xinjiang government.

The change comes to “satisfy economic needs and to make daily life more convenient for everyone,”' Xinhua said of the notice.

A woman from the press center of Xinjiang government confirmed the statement in Xinhua's report. Like most Chinese government officials, she refused to give her name.

The Xinjiang government site, however, was unavailable Tuesday afternoon.

The mass shutdown came after rioting July 5 between Xinjiang's native Uighur minority and the majority Han Chinese. It was China's worst communal violence in decades. The Chinese government said nearly 200, mostly Han, were killed.

The government blamed the violence on overseas groups agitating for broader rights for Uighurs in Xinjiang, though the groups denied it.

Without direct international access, people in Xinjiang have had to find creative approaches to reach the outside world. An article this month in Science magazine described researchers for the Chinese Academy of Sciences relying on express mail or travel to other parts of China to get online.

“My wife and I have had to sit here and endure a frustrating feeling that we are now living in the Stone Ages,”' one Xinjiang-based blogger, an American named Josh Summers, posted earlier this month. He wrote that ways around the shutdown remained, but he didn't give details.

The government notice posted Monday said the shutdown came immediately after the July rioting, in order to calm the situation, Xinhua reported Tuesday.

Many Uighurs resent Beijing's heavy-handed rule in Xinjiang, and ethnic tensions there occasionally turn violent. China says it respects minority rights and has spent billions on boosting living standards there.

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Internet : Internet resumes 6 months after riot in west China
 

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