I was born into a Uighur family that had lived in Xinjiang for generations.
This jewel, more than six times the size of the UK, is at the far western end of China. Its riches include gold, diamonds, natural gas, uranium, and – above all – oil.
Since being annexed by China, we Uighurs have been the stone in the Beijing regime’s shoe.
Xinjiang is far too rich a strategic corridor for it to lose and President Xi Jinping wants it cleansed of separatist populations.
In short, China wants a Xinjiang without Uighurs.
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