Uyghurs are Chinese, why the wish to separate them from China, due to their location on the map? The US likes to split countries, but c'mon, not using that argu

Uyghurs are Chinese, why the wish to separate them from China, due to their location on the map? The US likes to split countries, but c'mon, not using that argument.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_Muslim_generals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese_Muslim_genera...