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Eastern Turkistan after the Cold War and 9/11 A Critical Study of the Chinese Theses and Policies/ Dr Akram Hicazicase, what is the population merging, national unity and stability that China istalking about?There can be no doubt that Eastern Turkistan is a country with very greatopportunities. However, the Chinese made this discovery made long after theArab historian Yakut el-Hamevi; he mentioned this subject in his voluminouswork, Mu’cemu’l-Buldan (VII, 270): “Maveraunnehr is a country that is thecleanest, the most fertile, and has the most property. The people of the region liketo do good deeds, are generous, and give their belongings away with all their goodwill. In addition, they are hardy, brave, resilient, courageous and strong people.The fertility of these lands cannot be described in words. There is nothing like itin all the Islamic countries or in any other country.” There is not much differencefrom what Hamevi says and what Belazuri said in his work Futuhu’l-Buldan,which he wrote at an earlier date: “This place is one of the heavens on earthcreated by Allah!”These two descriptions of Eastern Turkistan also tell us that region is home to60 million cattle, that it can provide one-third of the annual agricultural needs ofChina and that it possesses a fortune in more than 140 kinds of minerals. Thereare 2.19 trillion tons of coal, lead, iron, copper, and salt, the equivalent of 40-50%of China’s total reserves; there are other strategic reserves, like uranium, of whichthere is more than 12 trillion tons. The gold reserves are 19 million tons and minedin fifty-six mines, which yield on average annually 360 kg gold. The oil reserveis between 6.5 and 8.2 billion tons, equal to one-third of China’s total reserve.The total annual oil production is 27.4 million tons and it is anticipated that thisnumber will rise to 60 million by 2010, and 100 million by 2020. According todata from 1988, in East Turkistan there is an area of 700 square kilometers inwhich it is thought oil can be found; this means that there is approximately 800million tons of crude oil. Moreover, about 30 billion cubic meters of natural gashave been detected. This is why international experts see Eastern Turkistan as thebackbone of China’s economy and heavy industry. Even more important is thatEastern Turkistan is the main source for China’s nuclear production, with verypure uranium produced in the region.Indeed Eastern Turkistan is a country with “an indescribable fertility” asHamevi said. And it is because of this that Eastern Turkistan has whetted appetite317