China, the Uyghurs and the West’s Moral Superiority

The fate of the Uyghurs is stirring up the West. Beijing is pilloried for coercive measures. The fact that Uyghur terrorists have been challenging the Chinese state for 30 years is largely ignored. Who are the people who are currently the talk of the town?

Kunming, Yunan Province, China: on 1 March 2014, a normal Saturday evening, seven Uyghur men and a pregnant woman, all dressed in black, appeared in the ticketing hall of Kunming Station. They drew long bladed knives and set about stabbing men, women and children. Within ten minutes 31 people were dead and 130 wounded. 

China, the Uyghurs and the West’s Moral Superiority

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