#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
"Turning around [towards Tang] with the agility of HE (a big bird)" The word Uighur, Uig means Returning, Hur means Bird.
回旋轻捷如鹘
The Uighur tribe itself originally came from the Mongolian steppe.
So Uighur the name itself is a declaration of loyalty to...4/11
回旋轻捷如鹘
The Uighur tribe itself originally came from the Mongolian steppe.
So Uighur the name itself is a declaration of loyalty to...4/11
the Tang central government. Uighurs have nothing to do from near or from afar with East Turkistan.
Uighurs then adopted the Tang religion Buddhism and embraced Han culture. 亲唐汉化。
In the next couple hundred years, the Tang dynasty and the Uighurs united and defeated..5/11
Uighurs then adopted the Tang religion Buddhism and embraced Han culture. 亲唐汉化。
In the next couple hundred years, the Tang dynasty and the Uighurs united and defeated..5/11
the remnants of Eastern Turkic Khaganate (old namesake) & other invaders sending them further fleeing into central Asia & Europe.
However over the centuries, dynasties weakened their rules.
Driven by proselytising zeal and the conquering ambition of a pan Islamic Caliphate..6/11
However over the centuries, dynasties weakened their rules.
Driven by proselytising zeal and the conquering ambition of a pan Islamic Caliphate..6/11
the Turkistan Islam soldiers never stopped marauding in the region of Xi'yu and converted the population to Islam with the sword. Those who refused to convert were mass slaughtered. Uighurs became thus gradually predominantly Muslim and abandoned Buddhism. 7/11
So in history, the Eastern Turkistan were invaders who massacred and persecuted Uighurs.
As from the 1980s, the radical Islam was rearing its ugly head. The ideology of a pan Islamic Caliphate was also revived in Xinjiang. The talk of a resuscitated independent..8/11
As from the 1980s, the radical Islam was rearing its ugly head. The ideology of a pan Islamic Caliphate was also revived in Xinjiang. The talk of a resuscitated independent..8/11
country of East Turkistan began then.
CIA and Turkey immediately exploited the revival and sent the zealots to Turkey to be trained as terrorists
A historical enemy of the Uighurs who was defeated 1300 years ago now wants to rescuciate its claim over #Xinjiang and create..9/11
CIA and Turkey immediately exploited the revival and sent the zealots to Turkey to be trained as terrorists
A historical enemy of the Uighurs who was defeated 1300 years ago now wants to rescuciate its claim over #Xinjiang and create..9/11
an independent country!
The Western design to exploit the Uighur issue against China doesn't have much success.
The East Turkistan hoax is the new Israel scheme.
The East Turkistan claim is too flimsy which doesn't take hold and which Uighurs don't buy into much.10/11
The Western design to exploit the Uighur issue against China doesn't have much success.
The East Turkistan hoax is the new Israel scheme.
The East Turkistan claim is too flimsy which doesn't take hold and which Uighurs don't buy into much.10/11
The Uighurs are psychologically used to being part of China.
Majority of Uighurs support the CPC rule over XJ which eliminated terrorism, invested in the enonomy and brought XJ prosperity. Same can't be said of the countries intervened by the US. 11/11
zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/74832645
Majority of Uighurs support the CPC rule over XJ which eliminated terrorism, invested in the enonomy and brought XJ prosperity. Same can't be said of the countries intervened by the US. 11/11
zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/74832645
