Communist China's Policy of Oppression in East Turkestan

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laws). All authority lies in the hands of the
Chinese. The political, economic, supervisory
and military decision-making powers
of those ethnic groups that are appointed to
autonomous administration bodies as
puppets are all actually under the control
of the Chinese Communist Party.
The article "Pekin's Campaign to
Destroy Uighur Culture" by the
German writer Ulrich Schmid sets
out the position in these terms:
In other words, the real pattern of
power here in China's most northwesterly
province differs vastly from the
rosy façade… in China the real power
lies not with the organs of government
but with the leadership of
the Communist Party at various
levels. 65
In a report about East
Turkestan, Der Spiegel magazine
said that the area was a
Chinese colony rather than
having an autonomous administration, and that Chinese administrators
were insensitive to the Muslim Uighur population:
The Chinese rule in Xinjiang is in every respect a colonial phenomenon.
Although they have lived in this country for decades none of the
Chinese officials speak the local language. They are not interested in
the country where they earn their living. They undermine the local
peoples' customs. In brief, the Chinese officials hate the local peo-
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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar