Wendover Productions has an informative video on China's geography & geopolitical concerns that arise from that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBF6v5UAAE htt

Wendover Productions has an informative video on China's geography & geopolitical concerns that arise from that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBF6v5UAAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiBF6v5UAAE The TL;DR is that Xinjiang and Tibet both serve important national security purposes.