Blow up: internal and external challenges of Uyghur separatism and Islamic radicalism to Chinese rule in Xinjiang.(Column)

During a visit to Beijing in 1994, I met with faculty of the Institute of Nationalities and the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Based on my studies and earlier experience in Xinjiang, I asked them about the unrest among Uyghurs and the increase

in separatist activism. I barely finished my question when my Chinese hosts, visibly upset, interjected by saying that Xinjiang was quiet and peaceful and that all the rumors were no more than disinformation spread by Western propaganda and Hong Kong media. I decided to leave it at that for the ...

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