Uighur Dissident Condemns Chinese Crackdown in Xinjiang

And the violence in Xinjiang is causign outrage among the Uighur population living overseas. Among them, Wu'er Kaixi, who fled China after leading students to protest on Tiananmen Square in 1989. Here's what he has to say about the violence there.
Now living and working in Taiwan, Wu'er Kaixi says the Communist Party uses the U.S. sponsored fight against terror as an excuse to crack down on the China's Uighurs.

[Wuer Kaixi, Uighur Dissident]:

"Especially after 9-11 incident in the U.S., when U.S. has asked China to join the allies in anti-terrorism, Chinese has adopted this method to label all Uighur ethnic demonstration or protest, even if it's very peaceful protest, label it as terrorist act. The very fact that Uighur people being Muslim, unfortunately in the world, is one of the reasons not getting attention and sympathy."

Wu'er Kaixi fled to France at the age of 21 and studied at Harvard University before moving to Taiwan.

Chinas Communist Party has rejected his request to return to the country to visit his aging parents.

Wu'er says the Partys policy in Xinjiang means that future unrest is likely.

[Wuer Kaixi, Uighur Dissident]:
"After using such a terrorizing force to establish order may not be that difficult for the Chinese government, but to have the people's willingness to submit to the government, that is not going to be an easy task. I see similar incident return. It will come back. I feel very sad about the fact that the hatred between the two ethnic groups, between Han Chinese and the Uighur people, are increasing day by day, but the Chinese government is not doing anything to ease that, on the contrary, they are pouring oil on the flame."

Xinjiang is the doorway to China's trade and energy ties with Central Asia, and is itself rich in gas, minerals and farm produce.

But many Uighurs say they see little of that wealth. Almost half of Xinjiang's 20 million people are Uighurs.

The population of Urumqi is mostly Han Chinese, and the city is under tight police security even in normal times.

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[TheFreedom2001]

fuck the communsim,,always telling lie,,

[swordofpakistan]

It is unfortunate that the Uighur people lack a charismatic leader such as the Dalai Lama to promote their cause and to create awareness of the discrimination and brutality that the Uighur and all 'minorities'experiance in China.Shame on the han people.The nazis of Asia.

[wang4eba]

Very peaceful protesters who turned over the bus, through the rock, and stabbed innocent people on the street!! This world filled with liers and criminals on both side, you just can't trust anyone including the media.

[powerfulnation]

Fucking Uighurs are fucking Muslims!

Fuck Islam!

Then kill them all!

[qinyuyunlong]

muslim Uighurs genocide Han Chinese pictures went on line,

Uighurs are brutal and cruel, they make urumqi hell.

find tofu_panda at twitter, he has the link to the han victim photos.

[sunrise556]

Getting accurate information out of Xinjiang is proving difficult. While Han Chinese are frequently shown speaking about their complaints and fears, Chinese media are not allowing representatives of the Uyghur community to present their side of events.

just a week ago chinese government poisonted 400 uyghur elementary students... the world still dont know about it

[qszsqaw112]

they r mogalia

[f8kbafiv]

As Canadian, it can't convince me then and now. I regret those leaders all sides. It's a sensationalist overly loaded campaign and I hate the western influenced media most. Student movement overly capitalized on a single campaign. Retreat was all possible if they allowed obvious negotiation failure. After campaign against corruptions caught all eyes, all turn themselves in publicly, use the system and add humor but leaders and students blew best opportunity. All corrupt not smart.

[azkeyz]

China and america have become ruthless dictatorships and must be destroyed.

[sharpjaws]

i think u should get over that part of history and apreciate the fact that turks are helping to stop a genocide,