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The internet may be the least they worry about. Xinjiang is big hot dense mess since a few years ago, terrorists and extremists are not rare in Xinjiang. The cu
by methou 11y ago
The internet may be the least they worry about. Xinjiang is big hot dense mess since a few years ago, terrorists and extremists are not rare in Xinjiang. The current state is more likely in a war against terrorism.
- ameen 11y agoNice to term separatists as Terrorists. Uyghurs' have always wanted self-determination and are culturally different from the Han Chinese, hence the resettled Hans in Xinjiang to prevent ethnic homogenity in the region.
- 1stop 11y agoAren't all "Terrorists" separatists. Like the terrorism is a means to an end (separation). I don't think there are any terrorists who exist soley to cause terror as their end goal. Their are a fair few cultural differences in China (even just within the "han race" let alone the other "races"[0]. But I often play the thought experiment in my head: How would the US govt react to the Latinos or the African Americans wishing to create a seperate state within the US? I don't really see it playing out that differently to what China are doing. Is this just a case of "China has a problem that we (the US) don't, and look at them struggle with it!" kind of thing?
- pjc50 11y agoThe US has quite a lot of practical political freedom at the state and even down to county level. Texas is politically different from California, Alabama different from New York. So pretty much the only remaining domestic terrorism is from white supremacists. The key question is "how would the US react to white people trying to create a separate state within the US? The US period of herding minorities into sub-states called "reservations" ended a long time ago.