The War Against Terror and Chinas Treatment of the Uigher Ethnic Minor

The contend Against curse and chinawares Treatment of the Uigher Ethnic MinorityIn the wake of the folk 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush reached out to the realness to back the U.S. in a war to eradicate terrorism. One of the more than surprising participants in this coalition, China, had until that point been at odds with U.S. policy solely seemed to find sufficient common ground with the U.S. to support the war. In late months however, China has not been lauded for unprecedented cooperation with its strategic competitor but has kinda been criticized for using the war on terror as carte blanche to bill up its Strike Hard campaign in the Uigher Xinjiang Autonomous office in the northwest, resulting in unprecedented numbers of executions of political prisoners, a rupture of free religious worship, and a general decline in gaze for human rights. The western media has claimed that Beijing had been waiting for a chance to fragmentize dow n on Uigher separatists and is now behaving as an opportunist to pursue these goals objet dart the U.S. is in no position to decry its behavior. However, this opportunism argument unaccompanied explains some of the recent actions in Xinjiang in this paper I leave behind seek to show that Beijings increased policing of Xinjiang serves primarily to show up to the international community that it will not be excluded from Central Asia. The root of Todays Conflicts in XinjiangAn overview of the history of this volatile contribution is resilient to understanding the present struggle for control. The movement for self-rule of Xinjiang dates back to the beginnings of Chinas last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911) when ethnic Chinese sought to settle the region and incorporate it into the ... ... with the reports of separatist bombings, verifiable data from the Chinese government is more or less impossible to come by more recent reports, particularly those from later on September 11, a re from reliable migr sources and anecdotal evidence presented in time-honored publications.17 Dillon, Michael, p. 25.18 Smith, Craig S. China, in Harsh Crackdown, Executes Muslim Separatists. New York Times, Dec. 16, 2001, p. A1.19 Smith, Craig S., p. A1.20 Rosenthal, Elisabeth. U.N. Official Fears China Uses Terror War as Front for Abuses. New York Times, Nov. 10, 2001, p.A7.21 Smith, Dianne L., p. 163.22 Donnelly, Tom. Chinas Persecution Complex. The every week Standard. Feb. 4, 2002, p. 21.23 Eckholm, Eric. U.S. Official Praises China for Its Cooperation in Rooting Out bin souseds Terror Network. New York Times. Dec. 7, 2001, p.B5