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Urumqi was the absolute worst as far as overt surveillance and military intimidation. Kashgar was surprisingly not as bad. Smaller cities around Kashgar such a
by assblaster 8y ago
Urumqi was the absolute worst as far as overt surveillance and military intimidation.
Kashgar was surprisingly not as bad. Smaller cities around Kashgar such as Yarkant or Karglik were also not bad.
I think China is approaching Xinjiang as a slow but persistent conquerer would: get a foothold in a major city, transform it in your image (Han), then move out to surrounding communities until all are pacified.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoNorth Xinjiang is much more Han than south Xinjiang, which is much more Uighur. The cities are obviously more Ham, especially around Urumqi, but even the countryside is more diverse in north Xinjiang with kazaks and Tajiks. I’m surprised the PLA isn’t being harsher near kashgar, they have more problems there than in Urumqi.
- assblaster 8y agoI think that since the South and West are so much more Uyghur, if the PLA stressed the population too much they'd have a full blown revolt on their hands. What's happening in Tibet is also a good indication of what the PLA intends to do with ethnic dilution.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago....which is a bit ironic since the Qing brought the Uighurs into north xinjiang in the first place because the Dhunzgars killed off most of the Han living there (well, after they then used the Uighurs to kill the Dhunzgar...).