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1/ If you truly care about #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang #China, you must first know who they are & where they came from. It's a piece of 2000 years of history so let's focus on the simple to understand facts. From Oxford, Origin of Uyghurs: https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277727-e-53
2/ More details into #Uyghurs #history. Historians have proven they came from the Huihe Empire which had deep ties with Han-Chinese since ancient times. They were never the original inhabitants of #Xinjiang, but modern day #Mongolia
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/uighurs.html
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/uighurs.html
3/ The Huihe Empire worked with Tang Dynasty to fight against the East Turkestan Empire many times. Eventually Huihe fell when Tang was weakened & the East Turkics persecuted the Huihe people & forced them to convert to Islam. This video has English subs:
4/ "So what are those #ConcentrationCamps I keep hearing about?" Because you watched a video online & heard a story from someone it must be true. Without contexts nor any evidence. Read this article on that: https://thegrayzone.com/2018/08/23/un-did-not-report-china-internment-camps-uighur-muslims/
5/ Here's what you're not being told about #Xinjiang & #Uyghurs https://worldaffairs.blog/2019/07/05/xinjiang-and-uyghurs-what-youre-not-being-told/
6/ So why the sudden interest in #Xinjiang & #Uyghurs? Most people parroting the same narrative haven't even heard of Xinjiang or Uyghurs prior to 2018. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-the-sudden-interest-in-the-uighurs-of-chinas-xinjiang-region/
7/ Here's the report from a #Houston #Texas based #Journalist on what he's seen in #Xinjiang.
https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey-to-the-autonomous-region-of-xinjiang-china/
https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey-to-the-autonomous-region-of-xinjiang-china/
8/ What about the Re-education Camps & Vocational Camps? It was part of #China's plan to combat #Terrorism, also another fact you're not being told:
9/ Who are the ETIM? East Turkestan Islamic Movement, was listed by UN as a #Terrorists Group in 2002. Evidence found suggests they're in deep ties with Al Qaeda. They've changed their names many times, currently based in Turkey.
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/eastern-turkistan-islamic-movement
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/eastern-turkistan-islamic-movement
10/ ETIM abducted children from #Xinjiang, radicalized & trained them to carry out #terrorist attacks against #China:
11/ ETIM occupied #Xinjiang once during #WW2 in 1930s. They were defeated & driven out again by #China in 1940s. The Turkics have been claiming it to be an illegal occupation by the #Chinese ever since.
12/ Here's what #China has been doing for the #Uyghurs & many minority groups in #Xinjiang, #Poverty stricken communities throughout the vast region had no means to acquire jobs to sustain their lives. Poverty Alleviation has been China's focus:
13/ More Poverty Alleviation helping the people locked in #Poverty to relocate:
14/ China has helped many #Uyghurs to learn a trade. People in remote areas are given fertile lands & taught how to farm:
15/ Here's one Vocational Training School where they learn fish farming. It's paid training with free lodging & food:
16/ This is the real #Xinjiang the Western media won't show you:
17/ The Capital of #Xinjiang Province, Urumqi:
18/ #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang can freely dance to their own music, sing in their own language without hindrance contrary to common misconception:
20/ The Holy Month of Ramadan in #Xinjiang:
21/ Uyghur who graduated from a Vocational Training School described how the radicalized indoctrination banned women from wearing makeups, dress how they like & forced their women to stay home. Men treated women as subjects:
23/ Uyghur wedding party:
