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FREEEAST TURKISTAN SYMPOSIUMMoreover, cancelling their work-contract meant that the girls and their familieswere heavily penalized with either unaffordable fines or hasha. In the end, escapemeant that the young women had to find their way back home across China,penniless and utterly broken.”Economic development in East TurkistanIs there any government strategy for development in East Turkistan?If the answer is yes, then why are the Uighur people still living in poverty?To clarify this point we need to look at the nature of the infrastructure anddevelopment which has occurred in East Turkistan and how that has benefited thepeople of this region. The economic development and infrastructure that has beenestablished in East Turkistan can be classified under the following main points:· Oil production/ Pipeline / Natural Gas· Highways/ Railways and domestic air-routes· Rapidly developing telecommunications· Rapid urbanization· Rapid spread of industryAll of the above developments have not been abele to create jobs for theUyghur people, but rather have attracted more and more Han settlers into EastTurkistan, creating jobs for them.So the main beneficiaries of this development are:· Central government, Beijing· State government· Han Chinese who are under state support· State companies and large Chinese companies and corporationsThe negative impacts of such developments:· Migration of Han Chinese into East Turkistan· Growing industry which is under the direct control of Beijing· Unemployment among the Uyghurs· Poverty among local inhabitants who are unable to benefit from theresources of their own land· Social inequality between the Han Chinese and the local Uyghurs430