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If I understand the point you’re trying to make correctly, you’re likening China’s claim to Xinjiang to that of the historical colonial powers? Because if we’r
by tepidandroid 7y ago
If I understand the point you’re trying to make correctly, you’re likening China’s claim to Xinjiang to that of the historical colonial powers?
Because if we’re going to go down that road, I have to warn you that the Xinjiang story is not nearly as black and white as the British, Dutch or American stories.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoI’m pretty aware of the history: the Qing brought the Uighurs into north Xinjiang to genocide the Mongolians, who already killed a bunch of Han living there already. Still, again, nothing in history has shown that China is any better at colonizing lands than the west (or even the Russians).
- tepidandroid 7y agoI'm glad you know the history there. It's definitely more convoluted than most people think. > nothing in history has shown that China is any better at colonizing lands than the west I agree - I guess historically speaking, China just hasn't colonized enough countries to have a decent sample size.
- echaozh 7y agoNo. Xinjiang, or whatever its name was, was controlled by the Chinese government more than a thousand years before the Qing dynasty. China didn't really colonize, if colonization means to move there and enslave the natives.