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They're smart enough to do essentially the same thing, but in a "soft" manner: overwhelm the area with Han Chinese and make it as difficult as possible for the
by 5trokerac3 7y ago
They're smart enough to do essentially the same thing, but in a "soft" manner: overwhelm the area with Han Chinese and make it as difficult as possible for the local population to thrive, turning the once majority ethnic group into a almost non-existent minority over many generations (they've also done this in Tibet). The Chinese are calculating their empiric efforts over centuries. It's one of the "benefits" of a totalitarian regime.
- learc83 7y agoLike Tibet they been encouraging Han Chinese to move to Xinjiang for decades. But now that they are putting many of the native Uyghur population in camps, their attempts at tightening their grip on the povince seem to be accelerating.