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Uploaded by TheGuardian on Oct 15, 2008
Glaciers in the Tian Mountains in western China are melting because of global warming. Jonathan Watts went to see how this affects local people
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@ 3:59 "For now though in Urumqi its festival time."
The festival didn't last very long. Urumqi erupted in 2009 because of Uyghur dissatisfaction at the incompetence of the communist party of china.
ChinaKillsTibetans 1 year ago
@ 3:51"Pipelines through the dessert south of here take oil and gas to the industrial hubs on the East Coast."
Take being the important word. The local Uyghurs don't get any benefit from the taking of their oil and gas, that gets used in China.
The far west of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is East Turkestan.
DEMOCRACY for East Turkestan and China
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@ 3:59 "For now though in Urumqi its festival time."
The festival didn't last very long. Urumqi erupted in 2009 because of Uyghur dissatisfaction at the incompetence of the communist party of china.
ChinaKillsTibetans 1 year ago
@ 3:51"Pipelines through the dessert south of here take oil and gas to the industrial hubs on the East Coast."
Take being the important word. The local Uyghurs don't get any benefit from the taking of their oil and gas, that gets used in China.
ChinaKillsTibetans 1 year ago
The far west of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is East Turkestan.
DEMOCRACY for East Turkestan and China
ChinaKillsTibetans 1 year ago