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196. There is dispute, however, about the allegations. The
United States held 22 Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment
camp in 2002. Yet 18 of them have since been classed as “No
longer enemy combatants (NLECs)” and released in subsequent
years. The remaining five are also likely to be released as NLECs
as well. Wikipedia’s documentation “Uyghur Detainees at Guantanamo
Bay” has provided extensive references about the Uyghur
detainees and the U.S. treatment of them. See also Wikipedia’s
documentations of “East Turkestan Islamic Movement” and “East
Turkestan Liberation Organization” for extensive references of
these two organizations and their alleged connection to the Al
Qaeda network.
197. F. William Engdahl, “Washington Is Playing a Deeper
Game with China,” Global Research, July 11, 2009, available from
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14327.
198. Uyghur American Association, “President Bush Praises
Rebiya Kadeer as a Human Rights Defender,” June 5, 2007, available
from uyghuramerican.org/articles/948/1/President-Bush-praises-
Rebiya-Kadeer-as-a-human-rights-defender/index.html.
199. Engdahl.
200. Liu Weidong (刘卫东), “‘东突’ 问题中的美国因素” (“The
U.S. Factor in the ‘East Turkistan’ Problem”), 江南社会学院学报
(Journal of Jiangnan Social University), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2007; Liu Weidong
(刘卫东), “美国非政府组织对中国新疆问题的干涉” (“U.S.
Non-Governmental Organizations’ Interference on China’s Xinjiang
Problem”), 国际资料信息 (International Data and Information),
No. 7, 2010.
201. There is a large literature in China about China’s defensive
strategic culture. Chinese analysts have stretched their arguments
about the so-called Chinese peace-living nature so far that
they are suggesting that the Chinese are different human beings.
Many of those arguments, however, cannot stand rigorous scrutiny.
202. Organski, p. 371; Steve Chan, China, the U.S., and the Power-TransitionTheory,
New York: Routledge, 2008.
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