Xi’s ‘hard-won’ stability in XinjiangBy Kok BayraqDuring his visit to East Turkistan (Xinjiang) on Aug. 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) described the situation in the region as “hard-won stability.” It makes one wonder what exactly the hardships were that this arrogant authoritarian was referring to. However, considering the military and police forces that have been stationed in the Uighur region for a long time, it is not impossible for 100,000 troops to have thrown 3 million unarmed people into camps. In the past five years, 22 governments and parliaments of the US and Europe have defined China’s Uighur policy as genocide and crimes against humanity. China’s efforts to cover up the Uighur genocide through Muslim countries have sometimes had unexpected results. Xi’s reminder of “hard-won stability” is, in essence, the justification of his order to continue the Uighur genocide.

Source: Taipei Times September 03, 2023 21:46 UTC