Table of Contents
- 1 What is actually happening in Xinjiang?
- 2 What has happened to the Uyghurs?
- 3 What are some positive effects of the Tang dynasty examination system?
- 4 What is happening to the Uyghur population in Xinjiang?
- 5 Why doesn’t Western media talk about Xinjiang?
- 6 Why did China launch the Xinjiang campaign in 2014?
What is actually happening in Xinjiang?
Since 2017, reports have emerged of people being detained in extrajudicial “re-education camps”, subject to political indoctrination and alleged instances of forced abortion, compulsory sterilization, rape, and torture. 2018 estimates allege the number of detainees in the hundreds of thousands.
What has happened to the Uyghurs?
Government policies have included the arbitrary detention of Uyghurs in state-sponsored internment camps, forced labor, suppression of Uyghur religious practices, political indoctrination, severe ill-treatment, forced sterilization, forced contraception, and forced abortion.
What are some positive effects of the Tang dynasty examination system?
During Tang dynasty, examinations enhanced the interest in classical works and it was also the golden age of poetry as many candidates were practising the art as part of their for examinations.
How did Vietnam finally get its freedom from China?
Vietnam finally got its freedom from China by having a large rebellion against China in the 10th century during the Tang Dynasty which was weakened. Shotoku Taishi was the initial leader of Japan who wanted to make Japan like China.
What role did the Uighurs play in the fall of the Tang?
During the An Lu-shan rebellion against the Tang from 755-763, the Uighurs saved the dynasty and in return received rich payments of silk and other Chinese goods. The bearers of Manichaeism were the Sogdian merchants (link to Sogdian pages) from Central Asia, who became prominent in the Silk Road trade.
What is happening to the Uyghur population in Xinjiang?
Between 2010 and 2018, the Uyghur population in Xinjiang grew by 25\% (while Han population in that region grew by 2\%). Also, life expectancy in Xinjiang has increased from just 30 to more than 74 since 1949. Uyghurs (and other minorities in China) also get many preferential treatments — Chinese affirmative action — in colleges and other areas.
Why doesn’t Western media talk about Xinjiang?
And Western media won’t talk about the billions of dollars that China has invested in Xinjiang, modernizing the cities, building 21 airports, linking the region with bullet trains etc. Here’s a video of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. See how prosperous it is: This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window.
Why did China launch the Xinjiang campaign in 2014?
In May 2014, China publicly launched the campaign in Xinjiang in response to growing tensions between the Han Chinese and the Uyghur populations of Xinjiang. In announcing the campaign, CCP general secretary Xi Jinping stated that “practice has proved that our party’s ruling strategy in Xinjiang is correct and must be maintained in the long run.”
What happened to the Uyghur intellectuals?
The Uyghur Human Rights Project has identified at least 386 Uyghur intellectuals who have been imprisoned, detained, or disappeared. They were detained and have disappeared since early 2017 as victims of the massive campaign of ethnoreligious repression carried out by the Chinese government in the Uyghur homeland.