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#Xinjiang #Uighur history explained (drastically simplified)
#EastTurkistanIndependence hoax exposed
#Xinjiang the traditional outpost of the silk road linking China to the West has always been an area of confluence of various ethnic tribes who intermarried and fought..1/11
#EastTurkistanIndependence hoax exposed
#Xinjiang the traditional outpost of the silk road linking China to the West has always been an area of confluence of various ethnic tribes who intermarried and fought..1/11
with each other. China's first emperor Qin Shihuang created a vast empire in 230 AD. In 60 BC, West Han dynasty established the administrative control in Xi Yu, meaning West Zone (Xinjiang today) and integrated the region into the Han empire quasi uninterrupted till this day 2/11
In 743 AD, the Tang Dynasty sent an army to help the dominant tribe to drive away Eastern Turkic Khaganate invaders.
As from then, the dominant tribe swore everlasting allegiance to the Tang dynasty and began to call itself Huihe, the Chinese equivalent of Uighur, meaning...3/11
As from then, the dominant tribe swore everlasting allegiance to the Tang dynasty and began to call itself Huihe, the Chinese equivalent of Uighur, meaning...3/11
