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"the failure of its ruthless policies, which is what led to this tragic outcome" - so in fact you excuse terrorist violence, by blaming the whole thing on the Chinese government. Another way to see it (which I realize you will never be able to understand, seeing how poisoned your views already are) is that China is now being confronted with violent Islam; anywhere that Islam flourishes, terrorist violence is close behind. Violence towards non-islamic "kafir" is an inherent part of islamist ideology, always and everywhere. So now China has to decide: how to we address this threat? Do we do it the Western European way, by treating violent islamics as gentle children who need coddling? I think China perhaps considered that approach for about 2 seconds and then said, "nah, let's just fix the problem." So if you want the violence to stop, then the onus is on the Uyghur community to stop its violent islamists from killing innocent Chinese people. Ball's in your court.
May 12, 2014 06:51 PM
Reply to this commentThese sorts of violent outbursts did not occur in Xinjiang during the 1980s because the country's policy toward minority ethnicities was far more enlightened and relaxed at that time, under the leadership of Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang. It's all been a downslide since the hawks and hamfisted party apparatchiks took over the CCP party-state in the wake of the 1989 military crackdown on unarmed demonstrators for liberty, democracy, and rule of law.
May 07, 2014 01:21 PM
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Rebiya Kadeer is out of her mind defending these terrorist acts as something to blame on the Chinese authorities. China has dozens if not hundred of minorities and their treatment and status may vary to a degree, but so far only the Uyghurs have resorted to cowardly terrorist attacks against civilians.
If Rebiya Kadeer is speaking with the authority of Uyghur interests, then I hope the Chinese authorities will crush down hard on this kind of extremism. The Uyghur region brought any such Chinese reaction upon themselves.
Jul 31, 2014 09:00 AM
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