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Years back when I was a University student in a Chinese University, I happened to engage indiscussion about Uighurs among ethnic Han students and teachers. One of them asked "Whydidn't General Wang kill them all in 1949?". Several others also up-voted. Later, a man, Isuppose someone with authority within this online community which is made up of studentsand scholars from elite Chinese Universities, wrote a lengthy explanation, which is in a starkcontrast to a rant, rather looks like a serious government policy or internal document. He

explained that although killing-all-Uighur policy was seriously considered and favoured bysome, the reason the very General didn't wipe Uighurs off Xinjiang was that PRC was weak atthe beginning, hence some among higher hierarchy thought that it wasn't the right opportunityto do so (rough translation of Shiji wei Chengshu). He also suggested that 9.11 gave China aonce in a millennium opportunity to conduct ethnic cleansing against Uighurs and he citedseveral such solution proposed by several scholars. I was a Uighur freshman and I wasscared!

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ErkenScared to tellYesterdayMajority of Uighurs blindly believe that ethnic cleansing is impossible and countries come tohelp them. But they don't realise that Uighurs are totally ignored and neglected by rest of theworld and given to China as a gift. But this false hope encourages them to rise up againstChina with knives and bare hand, believing that people will notice when enough Uighurs havedied. Once a friend of mine told me that since Uighurs (with population of more than 10million) don't have effective political parties, political representation, free speech, rights toorganise, and religious freedom; are economically most impoverished, culturally oppressedand plagued with health problems, only thing we can do is that rise against Armed Chineseand get killed to get attention from international community or by GOD. He argues that even if50% of 10 million get killed, the rest will have a land of their own and true meaningful self-autonomy. I truly hope God exist, because the other is hopeless. I know that Uighurs will bewiped off earth within next few decades. My hope is that China will not wipe them offphysically, but give them a chance to become ethnic Han Chinese, therefor guarantee theirphysical existence. I hope that will not be too much to ask. For those so-called commercialexperts hoping to work for China as anti-terrorist advisers, don't waste time, because Chinaknows that there are no terrorist in Xinjiang.

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