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tons of oil reserves in the region. Some Western oil companies claim the
reserves are rich enough to compare to Saudi Arabian reserves.
Eastern Turkestan has been under the sovereignty of China for about
250 years. China has never admitted the right of the people of Eastern
Turkestan to independence, and has met each initiative for independence
with widespread repression. China simply recognized Eastern Turkestan,
a Muslim territory, as a province annexed to its territories. In 1949, the

seizure of power by Mao Zedong in China led to more repression in
Turkestan. Muslim people who resisted the assimilationist policies of
China were brutally massacred and their rights denied. From 1949 until
today, approximately thirty-five million people have been killed.
Meanwhile, torture, all forms of violation and violent repression have been
the daily life of the people who remained. People were buried alive and
women raped. In 1953, Muslims represented 75% of the population, while
the Chinese made up 6%. In 1990, however, this state of affairs reversed in
favor of the Chinese. The Chinese population constituted 53% while the
Muslim population fell to 40%. These figures alone explain the dimensions
of the genocide committed against the Muslims in Eastern Turkestan.
What people went through in Eastern Turkestan is certainly no
different from what happened to Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo. The
only difference about Eastern Turkestan is, being a region where
communication to the rest of the world is entirely blocked, it is highly
difficult to obtain any information. China successfully devoted its efforts
to keeping atrocities committed in Eastern Turkestan unreported and, to
this end, even keeps the Internet under strict control. Many countries in
the world, on the other hand, turn a blind eye to the terrible ordeals the
innocent and unprotected people undergo in this region, and approach it
as a national problem of China. The genocide in Eastern Turkestan
explains the "worth" of human life in countries such as China where
disbelief prevails. Under the influence of this prevalent system, people do
not see any reasons why they should not murder people whose cultures
are different to their own, or conduct experiments on them and torture
them relentlessly.