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• 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”

Historic Xianjiang

• Independent Province of China• Ruled by Muslim Govenors • Came under direct Chinese rule in 1949

Xinjiang

Xianjipang since 1949

• Persecution• Cultural Revolution• Government responses a. Stimulus packages-Maob. Poverty gap-Dengc. President Hu Jintao-separatism, extremism and terrorism• Stemming issues• Separatist grasp for freedom.

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.

American Views

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