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The Xinjiang conflict

The Xinjiang conflict. The Xinjiang conflict is an ongoing separatist struggle in the People's Republic of China (PRC) far-west province of Xinjiang. Uyghur separatists. Predominately Muslim Turkish and Mongolian Ancestry

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The Xinjiang conflict

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  1. The Xinjiang conflict

  2. The Xinjiang conflict is an ongoing separatist struggle in the People's Republic of China (PRC) far-west province of Xinjiang

  3. Uyghur separatists • Predominately Muslim • Turkish and Mongolian Ancestry • Minority, however eighty percent of Uyghurs live in the Xinjiang province • Have ties to other radical Islamic terrorist groups in bordering countries • Want to create an independent state “East Turkmenistan”

  4. Historic Xianjiang • Independent Province of China • Ruled by Muslim Govenors • Came under direct Chinese rule in 1949 Xinjiang

  5. Xianjipang since 1949 • Persecution • Cultural Revolution • Government responses • Stimulus packages-Mao • Poverty gap-Deng • President Hu Jintao-separatism, extremism and terrorism • Stemming issues • Separatist grasp for freedom.

  6. Today • Three people were confirmed dead and 79 others were injured, including four seriously injured, in the terrorist attack at a railway station in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang on Wednesday evening • President Xi stresses Xinjiang's stability vital to whole nation • War on terror.

  7. American Views • Same terrorists groups we are dealing with • Captured Uyghur in Afghanistan and Iraq • Chinese trade

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