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The "punishments" meted out by the Chinese courts in the country are
exceedingly ruthless and savage. These include burying people alive,
beating people almost to death and then stripping them and leaving
them to die in the snow, and tying oxen to people's legs in order to liter-
ally tear them apart limb-from-limb.

Assimilation Practices Aimed at the Wholesale

Destruction of a Culture
Ever since 1949, the communist regime has set about
eliminating the Muslim population, and has systematically
moved Chinese immigrants into the region. The effects of
this campaign, initiated by the Chinese government in

NUCLEAR TESTS

ON MUSLIMS

Since 1964, China has conducted 44 nuclear tests on East Turkestan
which have resulted in the deaths of 210,000 people and left thou-
sands afflicted with such diseases as cancer. Moreover, thousands of
children have been born deformed.

Taipei Times, 11-14 October, 1999