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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Thank you again David for the below article.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>The irony of the US Congress with the blood of 47 million Muslims on our hands since 2003, our mass incarceration across the US often for victimless crimes, our police shootings of African Americans with impunity, lack of healthcare and homeless people across the nation, creating a human rights policy related to China. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It would be laughable if not so obvious another vehicle setting the stage for future war or regime change with China, our ultimate goal of imperialism and hegemony. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 2, 2020, at 06:26, David Johnson <<a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net" class="">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class=""><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/2019/12/08/us-china-trade-war-aggravated-by-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" id="LPlnk356789" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://unac.notowar.net/2019/12/08/us-china-trade-war-aggravated-by-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div id="LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly91bmFjLm5vdG93YXIubmV0LzIwMTkvMTIvMDgvdXMtY2hpbmEtdHJhZGUtd2FyLWFnZ3JhdmF0ZWQtYnktdXlnaHVyLWFuZC1ob25nLWtvbmctc3VwcG9ydC8." style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; max-width: 800px; min-width: 424px;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 798px; border: 1pt solid rgb(200, 200, 200);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 746px; border: none; padding: 9pt 27pt 9pt 9pt;" class=""><div id="LPTitle459417" style="margin-right: 6pt; margin-bottom: 9pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI Light', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/2019/12/08/us-china-trade-war-aggravated-by-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class="">US-China Trade War Aggravated by Uyghur and Hong Kong Support – Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div id="LPDescription459417" style="margin-right: 6pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is the largest and broadest antiwar and social justice coalition in the United States. Our purpose is to bring together the disparate organizations and issues representing people in struggle today and to unify in collective action in opposition to the major perpetrator of war and injustice in the world – the United States government along with its ...<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div id="LPMetadata459417" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: rgb(166, 166, 166);" class=""><a href="http://unac.notowar.net/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">unac.notowar.net</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin-left: 2.4pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 2.4pt; font-size: 0.8125rem;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/2019/12/08/us-china-trade-war-aggravated-by-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" title="11:55 pm" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">DECEMBER 8, 2019</a><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/author/editor/" title="View all posts by UNAC Editor" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">UNAC EDITOR</a><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/china/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">CHINA</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/featured/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">FEATURED</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/china/hong-kong/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">HONG KONG</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/middle-east-wars/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">MIDDLE EAST WARS</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/sanctions-and-economic-warfare/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">SANCTIONS AND ECONOMIC WARFARE</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/middle-east-wars/syria/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">SYRIA</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/terrorism/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">TERRORISM</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">by <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Stephen Sahiounie</span></strong>, published on <a href="https://mideastdiscourse.com/2019/12/05/us-china-trade-war-in-jeopardy-over-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Mideast Discourse</span></strong></a>, December 5, 2019<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The Uyghur people are an ethnic group of Muslims in western China and they speak the ancient Turkic language, which is the root of the modern Turkish language. Their province is Xinjiang, and their capital city is Urumqi. China is a huge country, and to keep peace and harmony all ethnicities work together, and while respecting each other’s rights, they live as one people, like America. Recently, both US President Trump and the US House have made dramatic accusations against the Chinese government on sensitive domestic policies involving counter-terrorism measures and domestic safety issues.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US House Uyghur Bill</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US House of Representatives passed Bill S.178, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178/text?format=txt" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019</span></strong></a>. The bill, which terms the detention centers “<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">political re-education camps</span></a>,</span></strong>” recommends targeted sanctions on members of the Chinese government and the Communist Party, as well as bans on the sale of US-made goods to “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">any state agency in Xinjiang</span></em>.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">China’s response to the US Bill</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying</span></strong></a>, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We state our position clearly to the US that as Xinjiang is part of China</span></em>.” She further stated, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This bill deliberately smears the human rights condition in Xinjiang, slanders China’s efforts in de-radicalization and counter-terrorism and viciously attacks the Chinese government’s Xinjiang policy. The issue that Xinjiang faces is not about ethnicity, religion or human rights. Rather, it is about fighting violence, terrorism, and separatism</span></em>.” Hua Chunying listed out numerous international organizations in 2019 who have commended China’s efforts in providing care to Muslim citizens, including the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.</span></strong></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Are all Uyghurs terrorists?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">There is a small number of separatists seeking an independent Xinjiang, and are supported by outside influences, while the majority of the Uyghurs are peaceful Chinese citizens. Uyghurs run the risk of having their<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://saveuyghurs.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">identity</span></a></span></strong> high-jacked by Radical Islam, which is a political ideology, and not a religion or a sect. The population is under-educated and lacking employment opportunities. The Chinese government is pursuing a policy of de-radicalization, vocational training, and language skills which could allow Uyghurs to advance in industry and society.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">However, there have been complaints about the methods used by the Chinese government. American journalist, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/04/784753252/china-rebukes-house-bill-condemning-crackdown-on-uighurs" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Rob Schmitz</span></strong></a>, visited the vocational training camps, and he reported,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“They said they were more like political indoctrination camps where inmates were forced to repeat communist slogans and had to attend classes that taught them their religious traditions were backward and harmful.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Who benefits from turmoil in Western China?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying</span></a>,</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""> said,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“Under the pretext of Xinjiang-related issues, the US attempts to sow discord among various ethnic groups in China, undermine prosperity and stability in Xinjiang, and contain China’s growth.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The Uyghurs in Idlib and the role of President Erdogan of Turkey</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">In 1995, Erdogan, then-Mayor of Istanbul, gave a <a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogans-al-qaeda-mercenary-army-of-uyyghur-chinese-jihadists-dispatched-to-syria/5555297" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">speech</span></strong></a> in which he stated,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“Eastern Turkestan is not only the home of the Turkic peoples, but it is also the cradle of Turkic history, civilization, and culture. The martyrs of Eastern Turkestan are our martyrs.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">He referred to the Uyghurs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The ruling party of Pres. Erdogan, AKP, is an Islamist party. The Muslim Brotherhood is a global political party which is based on Radical Islam. Erdogan is a supporter and defender of the Muslim Brotherhood and the US is also home to the Muslim Brotherhood, with offices and members across the US.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Pres. Erdogan formed his mercenary army of Chinese citizens: the Uyghurs. He gave them <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogans-al-qaeda-mercenary-army-of-uyyghur-chinese-jihadists-dispatched-to-syria/5555297" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Turkish passports</span></a>,</span></strong> which they used to pass legally through Central Asia to arrive in Turkey. The immigration officials at the airport in Istanbul recognized these special passports, and didn’t confiscate them, but allowed the Chinese to pass through legally and enter Turkey. Pres. Erdogan had arranged for them to be transported from the airport into Idlib.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Turkistan Islamic Party</span></strong></a> (TIP) is an armed Uyghur Salafist jihadist group in Idlib, while the organization’s core leadership is based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a presence in its home territory of China. Their goal is to establish an Islamic State in Xinjiang, and eventually all of Central Asia. <a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Osama Bin Laden</span></strong></a> pledged his support for the group during a 1999 meeting in Afghanistan. Its members have trained with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US Department of State labeled ETIM as a foreign terrorist organization. On July 28, 2016, TIP became an official faction of Jabhat al Nusra, which is an al-Qaeda group in Syria.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Erdogan’s plan depended on altering Syrian demographics; by repopulating Idlib province with jihadist Chinese Uyghurs, who attacked Syrian homeowners and farmers, causing them to flee and thus abandoning their properties to the foreigners. The Turkish President has a vision of a new Turcic colony annexed to Turkey.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanbaqi" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Zanbaqi</span></a> is a village located near Jisr al-Shughur. The residents numbered just 752 in 2004; however, today there are about <a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">3,500 Uyghur TIP militants</span></strong></a> and their families living there, with their military camps training hundreds of children from these families. TIP trains Uyghur children to be “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ClarkeKan-Uighur-Foreign-Fighters-An-Underexamined-Jihadist-Challenge-Nov-2017-1.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">little jihadists</span></a></span></em>.” The children are to go back to China and transform China into an Islamic State.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">On June 10, 2015, the <a href="https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/qalb-lozeh-a-druze-village-a-nato-backed-massacre/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Qalb Loze massacre</span></a> was carried out as the Uyghurs slaughtered civilians. Churches and the Christian communities of Idlib were targeted by the Uyghurs, as they <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">destroyed churches</span></strong></a> and kidnapped and <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">beheaded Priests</span></a>.</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Terrorist acts in China by the Uyghurs</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The history of<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">terrorist acts in China</span></a></span></strong> by the Uyghurs goes back decades, but in recent years there were: 2008, bus explosion in Beijing; 2009, 200 died in riots in Ürümqi; 2013, 5 died when a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in Beijing; 2014, 29 people stabbed to death and 130 injured, when 10 terrorists attacked people in the train station at <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Kunming</span></a>;</span></strong> 2014, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juma_Tayir" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Juma Tahir</span></strong></a>, an Uyghur cleric who had been the voice for peace, was stabbed to death by 3 terrorists.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Who is behind the Uyghurs in the US and the international stage?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The World Uyghur Congress is funded in part by the<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Uyghur_Congress#:~:targetText=The%20Congress%20is%20funded%20in,Turkestan%20National%20Congress%20(ETNC)." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">National Endowment for Democracy</span></a></span></strong> of the United States. The Congress was formed in mid-April 2004 at a meeting in Munich, Germany, and works in tandem with the Uyghur American Association based in Washington, D.C. These groups want the western portion of China, which they call East Turkestan, to have independence from China, and their separatist goals and maneuvers are supported by the US and its allies, with additional funding coming from people in the Middle East. Former President of the Congress, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Uyghur_Congress#:~:targetText=The%20Congress%20is%20funded%20in,Turkestan%20National%20Congress%20(ETNC)." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Rebiya Kadeer</span></strong></a>, was arrested in 1999 for sending confidential Chinese government reports to her husband, who worked in the United States as a pro-Xinjiang independence broadcaster, where she now lives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Hong Kong Interference and China’s Response</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">US President Trump signed into law the<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act</span></a></span></strong> on November 27. Beijing has strongly condemned the US law and accused Washington of supporting and perpetuating violence in the Asian financial hub. The law supports Hong Kong’s five-month-old pro-democracy movement and allows the U.S. to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations in Hong Kong. China, in response, <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">suspended US military visits</span></strong></a> to Hong Kong and has imposed sanctions on NGOs that supported, or aided, the violent protests, including the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">National Endowment for Democracy</span></strong></a>; the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; the International Republican Institute, Human Rights Watch and Freedom House. China has asked the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">US to stop meddling</span></strong></a> in China’s domestic affairs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US-China trade war</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Billions of dollars of tariffs on American and Chinese goods have been imposed by both countries in their yearlong trade war, which was expected to negotiate ‘phase-one’ in December, but in London, Tuesday, US President<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Donald Trump said</span></a></span></strong> it may be delayed until <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">after the 2020 US Presidential election in November</span></strong></a>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/04/784753252/china-rebukes-house-bill-condemning-crackdown-on-uighurs" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying replied</span></strong></a> when asked about what effect recent US proclamations on the Uyghurs, and Hong Kong protests would have on the US-China trade war, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Do you think if America takes actions to hurt China’s interests we won’t take any action?</span></em>”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Steven Sahiounie</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""> is an independent Syrian political analyst and writer based in Lebanon; he has been covering the Syrian crisis since it’s onset in 2011 and has published several articles in numerous media outlets – He is regularly interviewed by US, Canadian and German media.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 2.4pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 2.4pt; font-size: 0.8125rem;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/2019/12/08/us-china-trade-war-aggravated-by-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" title="11:55 pm" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">DECEMBER 8, 2019</a><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/author/editor/" title="View all posts by UNAC Editor" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">UNAC EDITOR</a><a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/china/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">CHINA</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/featured/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">FEATURED</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/china/hong-kong/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">HONG KONG</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/middle-east-wars/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">MIDDLE EAST WARS</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/sanctions-and-economic-warfare/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">SANCTIONS AND ECONOMIC WARFARE</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/middle-east-wars/syria/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">SYRIA</a>, <a href="https://unac.notowar.net/category/terrorism/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">TERRORISM</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">by <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Stephen Sahiounie</span></strong>, published on <a href="https://mideastdiscourse.com/2019/12/05/us-china-trade-war-in-jeopardy-over-uyghur-and-hong-kong-support/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Mideast Discourse</span></strong></a>, December 5, 2019<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The Uyghur people are an ethnic group of Muslims in western China and they speak the ancient Turkic language, which is the root of the modern Turkish language. Their province is Xinjiang, and their capital city is Urumqi. China is a huge country, and to keep peace and harmony all ethnicities work together, and while respecting each other’s rights, they live as one people, like America. Recently, both US President Trump and the US House have made dramatic accusations against the Chinese government on sensitive domestic policies involving counter-terrorism measures and domestic safety issues.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US House Uyghur Bill</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US House of Representatives passed Bill S.178, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/178/text?format=txt" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019</span></strong></a>. The bill, which terms the detention centers “<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">political re-education camps</span></a>,</span></strong>” recommends targeted sanctions on members of the Chinese government and the Communist Party, as well as bans on the sale of US-made goods to “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">any state agency in Xinjiang</span></em>.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">China’s response to the US Bill</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying</span></strong></a>, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We state our position clearly to the US that as Xinjiang is part of China</span></em>.” She further stated, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This bill deliberately smears the human rights condition in Xinjiang, slanders China’s efforts in de-radicalization and counter-terrorism and viciously attacks the Chinese government’s Xinjiang policy. The issue that Xinjiang faces is not about ethnicity, religion or human rights. Rather, it is about fighting violence, terrorism, and separatism</span></em>.” Hua Chunying listed out numerous international organizations in 2019 who have commended China’s efforts in providing care to Muslim citizens, including the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.</span></strong></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Are all Uyghurs terrorists?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">There is a small number of separatists seeking an independent Xinjiang, and are supported by outside influences, while the majority of the Uyghurs are peaceful Chinese citizens. Uyghurs run the risk of having their<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://saveuyghurs.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">identity</span></a></span></strong> high-jacked by Radical Islam, which is a political ideology, and not a religion or a sect. The population is under-educated and lacking employment opportunities. The Chinese government is pursuing a policy of de-radicalization, vocational training, and language skills which could allow Uyghurs to advance in industry and society.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">However, there have been complaints about the methods used by the Chinese government. American journalist, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/04/784753252/china-rebukes-house-bill-condemning-crackdown-on-uighurs" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Rob Schmitz</span></strong></a>, visited the vocational training camps, and he reported,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“They said they were more like political indoctrination camps where inmates were forced to repeat communist slogans and had to attend classes that taught them their religious traditions were backward and harmful.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Who benefits from turmoil in Western China?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1721334.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying</span></a>,</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""> said,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“Under the pretext of Xinjiang-related issues, the US attempts to sow discord among various ethnic groups in China, undermine prosperity and stability in Xinjiang, and contain China’s growth.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The Uyghurs in Idlib and the role of President Erdogan of Turkey</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">In 1995, Erdogan, then-Mayor of Istanbul, gave a <a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogans-al-qaeda-mercenary-army-of-uyyghur-chinese-jihadists-dispatched-to-syria/5555297" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">speech</span></strong></a> in which he stated,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-width: 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.25in; quotes: none; font-size: 1.1875rem;" class="" type="cite"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" class="">“Eastern Turkestan is not only the home of the Turkic peoples, but it is also the cradle of Turkic history, civilization, and culture. The martyrs of Eastern Turkestan are our martyrs.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">He referred to the Uyghurs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The ruling party of Pres. Erdogan, AKP, is an Islamist party. The Muslim Brotherhood is a global political party which is based on Radical Islam. Erdogan is a supporter and defender of the Muslim Brotherhood and the US is also home to the Muslim Brotherhood, with offices and members across the US.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Pres. Erdogan formed his mercenary army of Chinese citizens: the Uyghurs. He gave them <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/erdogans-al-qaeda-mercenary-army-of-uyyghur-chinese-jihadists-dispatched-to-syria/5555297" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Turkish passports</span></a>,</span></strong> which they used to pass legally through Central Asia to arrive in Turkey. The immigration officials at the airport in Istanbul recognized these special passports, and didn’t confiscate them, but allowed the Chinese to pass through legally and enter Turkey. Pres. Erdogan had arranged for them to be transported from the airport into Idlib.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Turkistan Islamic Party</span></strong></a> (TIP) is an armed Uyghur Salafist jihadist group in Idlib, while the organization’s core leadership is based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a presence in its home territory of China. Their goal is to establish an Islamic State in Xinjiang, and eventually all of Central Asia. <a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Osama Bin Laden</span></strong></a> pledged his support for the group during a 1999 meeting in Afghanistan. Its members have trained with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US Department of State labeled ETIM as a foreign terrorist organization. On July 28, 2016, TIP became an official faction of Jabhat al Nusra, which is an al-Qaeda group in Syria.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Erdogan’s plan depended on altering Syrian demographics; by repopulating Idlib province with jihadist Chinese Uyghurs, who attacked Syrian homeowners and farmers, causing them to flee and thus abandoning their properties to the foreigners. The Turkish President has a vision of a new Turcic colony annexed to Turkey.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanbaqi" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Zanbaqi</span></a> is a village located near Jisr al-Shughur. The residents numbered just 752 in 2004; however, today there are about <a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">3,500 Uyghur TIP militants</span></strong></a> and their families living there, with their military camps training hundreds of children from these families. TIP trains Uyghur children to be “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ClarkeKan-Uighur-Foreign-Fighters-An-Underexamined-Jihadist-Challenge-Nov-2017-1.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">little jihadists</span></a></span></em>.” The children are to go back to China and transform China into an Islamic State.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">On June 10, 2015, the <a href="https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/qalb-lozeh-a-druze-village-a-nato-backed-massacre/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Qalb Loze massacre</span></a> was carried out as the Uyghurs slaughtered civilians. Churches and the Christian communities of Idlib were targeted by the Uyghurs, as they <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">destroyed churches</span></strong></a> and kidnapped and <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/09/26/from-idlib-to-xinjiang-uyghur-fighters-trained-for-terror/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">beheaded Priests</span></a>.</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Terrorist acts in China by the Uyghurs</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The history of<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">terrorist acts in China</span></a></span></strong> by the Uyghurs goes back decades, but in recent years there were: 2008, bus explosion in Beijing; 2009, 200 died in riots in Ürümqi; 2013, 5 died when a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in Beijing; 2014, 29 people stabbed to death and 130 injured, when 10 terrorists attacked people in the train station at <strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Kunming</span></a>;</span></strong> 2014, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juma_Tayir" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Juma Tahir</span></strong></a>, an Uyghur cleric who had been the voice for peace, was stabbed to death by 3 terrorists.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Who is behind the Uyghurs in the US and the international stage?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The World Uyghur Congress is funded in part by the<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Uyghur_Congress#:~:targetText=The%20Congress%20is%20funded%20in,Turkestan%20National%20Congress%20(ETNC)." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">National Endowment for Democracy</span></a></span></strong> of the United States. The Congress was formed in mid-April 2004 at a meeting in Munich, Germany, and works in tandem with the Uyghur American Association based in Washington, D.C. These groups want the western portion of China, which they call East Turkestan, to have independence from China, and their separatist goals and maneuvers are supported by the US and its allies, with additional funding coming from people in the Middle East. Former President of the Congress, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Uyghur_Congress#:~:targetText=The%20Congress%20is%20funded%20in,Turkestan%20National%20Congress%20(ETNC)." style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Rebiya Kadeer</span></strong></a>, was arrested in 1999 for sending confidential Chinese government reports to her husband, who worked in the United States as a pro-Xinjiang independence broadcaster, where she now lives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Hong Kong Interference and China’s Response</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">US President Trump signed into law the<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act</span></a></span></strong> on November 27. Beijing has strongly condemned the US law and accused Washington of supporting and perpetuating violence in the Asian financial hub. The law supports Hong Kong’s five-month-old pro-democracy movement and allows the U.S. to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations in Hong Kong. China, in response, <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">suspended US military visits</span></strong></a> to Hong Kong and has imposed sanctions on NGOs that supported, or aided, the violent protests, including the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">National Endowment for Democracy</span></strong></a>; the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; the International Republican Institute, Human Rights Watch and Freedom House. China has asked the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/t1720852.shtml" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">US to stop meddling</span></strong></a> in China’s domestic affairs.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">The US-China trade war</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Billions of dollars of tariffs on American and Chinese goods have been imposed by both countries in their yearlong trade war, which was expected to negotiate ‘phase-one’ in December, but in London, Tuesday, US President<strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/us-xinjiang-bill-trump-intl-hnk/index.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Donald Trump said</span></a></span></strong> it may be delayed until <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">after the 2020 US Presidential election in November</span></strong></a>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/04/784753252/china-rebukes-house-bill-condemning-crackdown-on-uighurs" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(198, 41, 1);" class="">Hua Chunying replied</span></strong></a> when asked about what effect recent US proclamations on the Uyghurs, and Hong Kong protests would have on the US-China trade war, “<em class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Do you think if America takes actions to hurt China’s interests we won’t take any action?</span></em>”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class="">Steven Sahiounie</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""> is an independent Syrian political analyst and writer based in Lebanon; he has been covering the Syrian crisis since it’s onset in 2011 and has published several articles in numerous media outlets – He is regularly interviewed by US, Canadian and German media.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>