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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& #39;s a piece of 2000 years of history so let& #39;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">https://oxfordre.com/asianhist...
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">https://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/A...
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/uighurs.html">https://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/A...
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nptnIzC0v0I&list=WL&index=6&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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/">https://thegrayzone.com/2018/08/2...
5/ Here& #39;s what you& #39;re not being told about #Xinjiang & #Uyghurs https://worldaffairs.blog/2019/07/05/xinjiang-and-uyghurs-what-youre-not-being-told/">https://worldaffairs.blog/2019/07/0...
6/ So why the sudden interest in #Xinjiang & #Uyghurs? Most people parroting the same narrative haven& #39;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/">https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/w...
7/ Here& #39;s the report from a #Houston #Texas based #Journalist on what he& #39;s seen in #Xinjiang.
https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey-to-the-autonomous-region-of-xinjiang-china/">https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey...
https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey-to-the-autonomous-region-of-xinjiang-china/">https://ifmagazine.net/a-journey...
8/ What about the Re-education Camps & Vocational Camps? It was part of #China& #39;s plan to combat #Terrorism, also another fact you& #39;re not being told: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4cYE6E27_g&list=PL4ojPThwXIlM-Tj6GS9nH4hHZsL85eK9e&index=3&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
9/ Who are the ETIM? East Turkestan Islamic Movement, was listed by UN as a #Terrorists Group in 2002. Evidence found suggests they& #39;re in deep ties with Al Qaeda. They& #39;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/securityc...
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/entity/eastern-turkistan-islamic-movement">https://www.un.org/securityc...
10/ ETIM abducted children from #Xinjiang, radicalized & trained them to carry out #terrorist attacks against #China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpLMShuRMnU&list=PL4ojPThwXIlM-Tj6GS9nH4hHZsL85eK9e&index=2&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s one Vocational Training School where they learn fish farming. It& #39;s paid training with free lodging & food:
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:
19/ The real #Xinjiang & its preserved #Uyghur cultural heritage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O79DjTYMlF0&list=LLeN7q0pk6hAqnwJdq4BWKEg&index=24&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
20/ The Holy Month of Ramadan in #Xinjiang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHKb6R5Ml0k&list=LLeN7q0pk6hAqnwJdq4BWKEg&index=23&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFp6ozxm6Vo&list=LLeN7q0pk6hAqnwJdq4BWKEg&index=117&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
22/ An #Uyghur private #vlogger documenting her high school graduation ceremony & stage dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3U-lKnMLwE&list=LLeN7q0pk6hAqnwJdq4BWKEg&index=106&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
23/ Uyghur wedding party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJTK6fQyZo&list=LLeN7q0pk6hAqnwJdq4BWKEg&index=89&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
