People here's a map. Study it carefully for a second. The KMT invaded and overthrew the East Turkistan government after WWII ended. It was summarily absorbed into the PRC after the communist takeover of China. Despite China's extreme efforts to rewrite history 1/

and destroy evidence to the contrary, East Turkistan was on the Silk Road that connected China to the West, but it was not historically part of China. China wanted this region for the natural resources and strategic trade positioning. 2/

Today that expansion is now being threatened in, not one, but three bordering countries to East Turkistan, India, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. China's attempts to paint themselves as being against colonialism and aggression are laughable. End Thread.