Tag: Uyghers

US & Terrorism in Xinjiang

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

South Asia Analysis Group 

Paper no. 499

24. 07. 2002

US & TERRORISM IN XINJIANG
by B. Raman

The annual report on the Patterns of Global Terrorism during 2001 of the Counter-Terrorism Division  of the US State Department states as follows on China’s contribution to the war of the international coalition against terrorism:

 2. “Chinese officials strongly condemned the September 11 attacks and announced China would strengthen cooperation with the international community in fighting terrorism on the basis of the UN Charter and international law.  China voted in support of both UN Security Council resolutions after the attack.  Its vote for Resolution 1368 marked the first time it has voted in favor of authorizing the international use of force.  China also has taken a constructive approach to terrorism problems in South and Central Asia, publicly supporting the Coalition campaign in Afghanistan and using its influence with Pakistan to urge support for multinational efforts against the Taliban and al-Qaida.  China and the United States began a counterterrorism dialogue in late-September, which was followed by further discussions during Ambassador Taylor’s (Francis Taylor, the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism Co-Ordinator) trip in December to Beijing.  The September 11 attacks added urgency to discussions held in Washington, DC, Beijing, and Hong Kong.  The results have been encouraging and concrete; the Government of China has approved establishment of an FBI Legal Attache in Beijing and agreed to create US-China counterterrorism working groups on financing and law enforcement.

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There’s a guy on here who takes footage of ordinary people doing ordinary things, sets them in China and invents a fantastical and sinister scenario.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Thread by @j_bigboote: “There’s a guy on here who takes footage of ordinary people doing ordinary things, sets them in China and invents a fasinister scenario. His account functions as a pretty good aggregator of fake anti-China propaganda from the p […]”
— Read on threadreaderapp.com/thread/1182726991675625472.html

Religious Policy of China

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The CPC and government respect and protect the religious belief and ethnic customs of Muslims. There are nine institutes of Islamic theology throughout the country. Since the 1980s, more than 40,000 Chinese Muslims have been to Mecca on a pilgrimage. In Xinjiang, there are approximately 23,000 mosques with 29,000 clerics, meeting the needs of believers. Chinese religions stick to the principles of independence and self-governance. They oppose any foreign country from interfering in the internal affairs of Chinese religions and any overseas forces from infiltrating into China by means of religion. Meanwhile, they actively conduct friendly exchanges with foreign religious bodies and religious personnel and participate in activities of the international religious circles. China’s religious bodies have established friendly ties with religious organizations and personnel in more than 70 countries and regions. By participating in many important activities of international organizations such as the United Nations, they have played an important role in safeguarding world peace and enhancing friendship between Chinese people and people in other countries.
— Read on www.islamichina.com/religious-policy-of-china.html

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reviews the report of China

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

GAY MCDOUGALL, Committee Co-Rapporteur for China, raised concern about the numerous and credible reports that in the name of combatting “religious extremism” and maintaining “social stability”, the State party had turned the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region into something that resembled a massive internment camp shrouded in secrecy, a “no rights zone”, while members of the Xinjiang Uyghur minority, along with others who were identified as Muslim, were being treated as enemies of the State based on nothing more than their ethno-religious identity.  
— Read on www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx

Gay McDougall works for George Soros.