Buddhist Nepal gets all the press in the West, but the people of Xinjiang have it arguably worse than them, and they, too, have a legitimate claim to independence from China.
I wish Xinjiang got more than the occasional scrap of attention. I really feel for them. The Chinese Government is out to stamp out their religion and culture, and we stand by doing nothing because they're Muslims instead of conveniently Buddhist.
Buddhist Nepal gets all the press in the West, but the people of Xinjiang have it arguably worse than them, and they, too, have a legitimate claim to independence from China.
I wish Xinjiang got more than the occasional scrap of attention. I really feel for them. The Chinese Government is out to stamp out their religion and culture, and we stand by doing nothing because they're Muslims instead of conveniently Buddhist.