The
Chinese government is employing a unique strategy to reduce the
threat of terrorism in its historically unstable Tibet and Xinjiang
autonomous regions. By providing new jobs and better housing, the
government has managed to quell the threat of separatism.
by
Caleb T. Maupin
Part
1
On March 1,
2014, eight men and women wielding knives attacked passengers at a
train station in southwest China’s city of Kunming. The attackers,
wielding long-bladed knives, killed 31 people and injured 143 others.
Four of the attackers were killed by a SWAT team at the scene, while
another three were executed in March 2015 for their involvement in
the attack.
According to
Chinese state media reports, the attackers were from the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China and were linked to
separatist groups. Xinjiang is home to China’s Islamic Uyghur
minority group.
Many
Uyghurs, not just in China but around the world, hold deep resentment
against the Chinese government for what they believe to be
anti-religious and anti-Islamic policies. One example is last year’s
demolition of mosques in Xinjiang, which officials said was done to
protect public safety, as many of the mosques were dilapidated and
unsafe.
Following
the 2014 attack, terrorist groups Al-Qaeda and Daesh both announced
support for Uyghur separatists, calling for them to escalate their
violence, as well as advising Xinjiang to break away from China and
become an independent state with a theocratic government. During
roughly the same period, thousands of Uyghurs found their way to
Syria and Iraq after receiving training in Afghanistan.
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and links:
It seems
that Taiwan and South China Sea are being used only as a pretext
by the US to provoke China continuously. The US ultimate
geopolitical interest resides in the Chinese mainland, close to
the Russian borders.
According
to a scenario, the US starts a war that ends quickly, changes the
regime in China, puts its puppet, and probably, break China (as
they want to do with Russia), using disputed provinces as a
pretext (e.g. Tibet, Xinjiang - No surprise that, recently, China
responded instantly to Trump, saying that the 'one-China' policy
is not negotiable).
The
US-friendly regimes will repay the US dollars that they will
receive for their 'color revolutions' by allowing US military
bases in their territories. With China dissolved and on its knees,
Russia will be fully encircled and left with no major allies. It
will be the next target.
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