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Communist China's Policy of Oppression in East Turkestan

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ATHEIST ZIONISTS ARM<br />

THE CHINESE ARMY<br />

W<br />

hen one compares <strong>Ch<strong>in</strong>a's</strong> actions <strong>in</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Turkestan</strong> with those <strong>of</strong><br />

atheist Zionists <strong>in</strong> Palest<strong>in</strong>e, one encounters a number <strong>of</strong> similarities, even<br />

though the former has a communist form <strong>of</strong> government and the latter a<br />

capitalist one. Both are occupy<strong>in</strong>g lands that belong to Muslims, and the<br />

Muslim populations are forced to live under military, political and economic<br />

occupation. Torture, groundless detentions, massacre and slaughter<br />

are some <strong>of</strong> the commonest words <strong>in</strong> both regions. This similarity<br />

between Ch<strong>in</strong>a and Israel has formed the basis <strong>of</strong> cooperation between<br />

them. Ch<strong>in</strong>a obta<strong>in</strong>s some weapons for its People's Liberation Army from<br />

Israel. It is <strong>of</strong> course natural for there to be military cooperation and jo<strong>in</strong>t<br />

work on technical matters between two countries. But the important<br />

th<strong>in</strong>g here is that these weapons are be<strong>in</strong>g used unjustly, illegally and<br />

ruthlessly aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>in</strong>nocent Muslims.<br />

The military relationship between Ch<strong>in</strong>a and Israel began <strong>in</strong> the first<br />

half <strong>of</strong> the 1970s. Israel first helped the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese army update its old Soviet<br />

weapons. After the mid-1980s, <strong>of</strong>ficial contact was established between<br />

the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese and Israeli ambassadors at the United Nations. This relationship<br />

was furthered under such pretexts as "agricultural cooperation," but<br />

what really kept it on its feet were the arms Ch<strong>in</strong>a secured from Israel.<br />

The considerable quantities <strong>of</strong> arms sales by Israel to Ch<strong>in</strong>a were<br />

carried out by Israeli bus<strong>in</strong>essman Shaul Eisenberg, who worked for<br />

Mossad. After everyth<strong>in</strong>g had been placed on a firm foot<strong>in</strong>g, secret agreements<br />

and delivery were the responsibility <strong>of</strong> Mossad. 1<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g a visit by Yitzhak Rab<strong>in</strong> to Beij<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 1993, cooperation<br />

agreements were signed between Israel and Ch<strong>in</strong>a on nuclear test<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

technology. The scale <strong>of</strong> the military cooperation between the two countries,<br />

which cont<strong>in</strong>ued to develop further <strong>in</strong> the ensu<strong>in</strong>g years, was discussed<br />

by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post <strong>in</strong> its September 10, 1998,<br />

issue:<br />

Israel's got the defense technology. Ch<strong>in</strong>a wants it. The Ch<strong>in</strong>ese<br />

seem to value the Jewish m<strong>in</strong>d highly. But what they clearly want is<br />

"technology," and the high-tech weapons systems Jewish m<strong>in</strong>ds <strong>in</strong> Israel<br />

have developed dur<strong>in</strong>g 50 years <strong>of</strong> conflict and several wars… Israel's defense<br />

ties with Ch<strong>in</strong>a go back to the late 1970s, way before diplomatic re-<br />

<strong>Communist</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a’s <strong>Policy</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Oppression</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Turkestan</strong>

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