In of itself, that tells us nothing. How about the "5 'Stans" that got independence from the USSR? Should they have been forced to live under Moscow's thumb?
No Muslims deserve “independence” in non-Islamic countries. If they want to live in an Islamic state, let them move to one.
So, you are siding with Chinese Communists trampling on an ethnic minority simply because they happen to be Muslims?
“The months preceding last year’s Olympic Games saw increasing activity by shadowy separatist organisations who seek to throw off the Government of communist China and establish the independent Islamic state of East Turkistan”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6649318.ece
Uighur riots sparked by fears that separatist dream is dying ...
Jul 6, 2009 ... The Uighurs want a theocratic, Islamic separate state. ... China should be addressing the Uighurs needs like a real government instead of ...
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They are part of the worldwide jihad and I and most people here support China taking control of the situation.
“This region has only been a part of China since 1949”
That’s not true,the history of this region was very complicated which was occupied by various ethnic groups, ruled by various powers in turn, including Tang dynasty(618–907),china.
From the sixteenth century Manchus Empire invaded this region after it conquered China, and finaly in 1884, established Xinjiang as a province.
From wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang