Indeed. The silk road and new pipelines to Central Asian oilfields are crucial for China to diversify its energy sources, given the naval realities in the Pacif

Indeed. The silk road and new pipelines to Central Asian oilfields are crucial for China to diversify its energy sources, given the naval realities in the Pacific. So the western province of Xinjiang has become crucial... and hence the Uyghur genocide :-( The CCP, from its perspective, can't risk having a potentially rebellious ethnic group in such a critical region.