And by the way, I don't *hate* Chinese. I know plenty of Chinese, from my college days, from work, plus I've attended enough conversational Chinese classes to be semi-fluent into two Chinese languages. Why would I spend time getting to know a culture and a people that I hate? I dislike their double standards, their prejudices and their superiority complex. But hate? That's an emotion that the Chinese feel for (and impute to) anyone who disagrees with them on national interest and territorial issues. The closest analogue to the way I feel about China would be John Derbyshire of the National Review. He's an avid China critic, but also a fan of aspects of the culture and history, while being an ardent defender of the nations that were conquered by China in the mid-20th century while European countries were giving the countries in their centuries-old empires their independence.
I agree with you on the double standards, prejudices and superiority complex, which exist among Chinese people at different levels and also can be found in other countries especially those being or used to be significant powers.
As to the ethnic minority preferential policy I mentioned,there is a post discussing about the widely hated “Two restraints, one leniency “ policy implemented by CCP from 1984 which to some extent helps to understand the background from the Han Chinese side of the bloody clash in Shaoguan.
The post about “Two restraints, one leniency “ policy:
http://blog.foolsmountain.com/2009/07/08/two-restraints-one-leniency-a-backfiring-minority-policy-on-all/
The situation in xinjiang is very complicated and intricate. From what I know, the notions of Uighur people are quite divided with different attitudes toward independence movement. Though having read a lot from various origins and conversation with friends from xinjiang, I find myself yet to tell what is really happening in this vast subtle region.
Away from the point, “reunite” China just came out of the fameous idiom “The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide” at the beginning of the novel “Romance of Three Kingdoms”. Though call it to unite the country or conquering an empire has nothing to do with the fate of the ordinary people at that time. Heroical and legendary era and significant to Chinese culture as it was, 98.3% of contemporary Chinese people died during the chaos and war according to the history record.
Further away from the point, I used to think American DW players love Lu Bu most because I found on every staff involved with three kingdoms theme for example red clif, you may funnily get some DW fans eagerly asking where was Lu Bu.