Foreign Correspondence

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Washington harbors exile-in-waiting govt against China’s wishes

Whatever press you read, whatever pictures you see, any extension of friendship between the United States and China is not real. Countries do not have friends they have only their own self interests.

The backing of the separatists and the establishment of a Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington is an attack on the sovereignty of China.

It is fact that Bush is a great patron of terrorism even going so far as to solicit taxpayer money to back the AUC. #msg-3967170

Considering the involvement of a separatist movement, the Uighur situation is extremely reminiscent of Bush harboring the Chechen terrorist Akhmadov, an accomplice of Basayev whose bloody trail has lead to the heinous attack in Beslan resulting in the deaths of a large number of Russian school children.
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Given the favorable timing of the Chechen attacks which have benefited the United States it is highly likely Bush was behind them and is quite probably sponsoring terrorism in China's western region of Xinjiang and China knows it.

-Am


The Location of Xinjiang in China



China Protests Establishment of Uighur Government-in-Exile in Washington
Luis Ramirez
Beijing
21 Sep 2004, 11:57 UTC

China has protested to the United States after members of China's Uighur minority group announced the creation of a government in exile in Washington.

Chinese officials blasted the United States following reports that the group headed by Uighur emigrants had announced their government in exile at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China considers a number of Uighur separatists, who refer to their homeland as East Turkistan, as terrorists. The mostly Muslim Uighurs are the dominant ethnic group in China's western region of Xinjiang.

Mr. Kong says Beijing is firmly opposed to the Uighur separatists' announcement in Washington. He says Chinese officials have made representations to the United States and he says China hopes U.S. authorities will treat Beijing's concerns seriously.

There was no immediate reaction from U.S. officials regarding China's protests.

The head of the government in exile is Anwar Yusuf Turani, who heads a Uighur separatist group known as the East Turkistan National Freedom Center.

The United States has placed one Uighur group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, on its list of terrorist organizations. Beijing considers some other Uighur groups to be terrorist organizations.

The East Turkistan National Freedom Center, however, is not on either country's list. The group says its main purpose is to divulge information about conditions in Xinjiang, which also is home to ethnic Kazakh and Kyrgyz populations, as well as many ethnic Han Chinese.

Uighur groups have been the most vocal in pushing for independence for the region, and the demands have been stepped up since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Many Uighur activists accuse Beijing authorities of using an anti-terrorist campaign as an excuse to crack down on dissidents.

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China opposes formation of East Turkistan Govt.

Beijing, Sept 22. (PTI): China on Tuesday said it has protested to the US government over the formation of an "East Turkistan Government in Exile" in Washington by terrorist forces from the restive region of Xinjiang.

"East Turkistan forces are terrorist organisations and we oppose them. We have already made a representation to the US side and hope that the US government will seriously consider our concerns," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Kong Quan told reporters.

Kong's comment came in response to a question on China's view on the formation of a East Turkistan Government in Exile in Washington last week.

China has accused some Uyghur nationals of being part of the "East Turkistan" terrorist groups, who want to separate northwest China's oil-rich Xinjiang from rest of the country.

The Uyghurs, among China's dominant Muslim groups and of Turkish descent, reportedly face harsh religious restrictions since Beijing associates the group with separatism and terrorism.

Exiled Uyghur groups are seeking to re-establish an independent East Turkestan in Central Asia that has existed historically and was established in the 1940s in the presently Chinese-controlled Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

China considers the Uygur groups as terrorist organisations that should be targeted as part of the international crackdown on global terrorism.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200409220317.htm