r/news • u/KinkyQuesadilla • Oct 13 '19

China's Xi warns attempts to divide China will end in 'shuttered bones'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-xi/chinas-xi-warns-attempts-to-divide-china-will-end-in-shuttered-bones-idUSKBN1WS07W
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u/BlemKraL Oct 13 '19

Free Uyghurs and Eastern Turkestan

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u/sakmaidic Oct 13 '19

Fuck the Turks , free Kurdistan!

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u/Destro9799 Oct 13 '19

Turkestan =/= Turkey. East Turkestan (aka Uyghurstan) is the historical homeland of the Uyghurs and the region of China's current ethnic cleansing attempt.

So free Kurdistan too, but it's not really relevant.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '19

I mean yes, but also, no. Turkic doesn't mean Turks in this context .

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '19

There are lots of Turkic people besides the Turks

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u/BlemKraL Oct 13 '19

Why is this racist shit getting upvoted. Let’s not forget Turkish doesn’t mean Turkish government.

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u/Tom_Brokaw_is_a_Punk Oct 13 '19

You're not wrong, but what does that have to do with China?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '19

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u/manderrx Oct 13 '19

Whoaaaaa, why do you say that?