China, KRJOGJA.com Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Xinjiang placed a new emphasis on assimilating Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups. The United States (US) and other world countries call Uighurs and minorities in China victims of ongoing genocide.
Xi Jinping himself is known to have made an unannounced visit to the Uyghur Autonomous Region in the Western Xinjiang (XUAR) region on July 12–15, 2022. During his visit, the Chinese leader emphasized “social stability and sustainable security as the overarching goal” of the policies of the Communist Party of China (CCP).
Xi Jinping’s visit to Xinjiang is his second in eight years to the region, where Chinese authorities have detained at least 1.8 million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in detention camps since 2017.
Residents of the Xinjiang region have been subjected to serious human rights violations, torture and forced labor, as well as the eradication of linguistic traditions, including their culture and religion.
The actions of the Chinese government were called crimes against humanity by many parliaments in the United States and other world countries.
Andrian Zenz, a researcher at the Washington DC-based Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, said Xi’s remarks were a very important confirmation that Beijing’s policies were correct and should be implemented.
“This is a statement of defiance and pride. Basically, Xi Jinping is indicating that no one can interfere with China’s ethnic policies in Xinjiang and that Beijing’s red line is enforced firmly,” Zenz said. Told.
Following Xi’s visit to XUAR, a US State Department spokesman told the RFA that the US was promoting accountability for the Chinese government’s use of forced labor and ongoing crimes against humanity against Uighurs and members of other ethnic and religious minorities. Will continue to work to deliver. group in Xinjiang.
James Millward, a Georgetown University history professor specializing in Central Asia, referred to Xi Jinping’s claim that “Chinese civilization is the root of the culture of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang” in his speech describing the ties of non-Han Chinese. After your visit to. XUAR WITH ZHONGHUA. , or Chinese identity.
“All ethnic groups in Xinjiang are family members of Chinese descent,” Millward wrote on social media.
“I pointed out at the time that while invoking ‘blood’ and ‘family members’, the phrase implies a genetic link between the Central Asian people now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party and the ‘zhonghua’, that is, the Chinese people. ,” He continued.
