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laws). All authority lies in the hands of the
Chinese. The political, economic, supervi-
sory and military decision-making powers

of those ethnic groups that are appointed to
autonomous administration bodies as
puppets are all actually under the con-
trol of the Chinese Communist Party.
The article "Pekin's Campaign to
Destroy Uighur Culture" by the
German writer Ulrich Schmid sets
out the position in these terms:
In other words, the real pattern of
power here in China's most northwest-
erly province differs vastly from the
rosy façade… in China the real power
lies not with the organs of govern-
ment but with the leadership of
the Communist Party at various
levels. 65
In a report about East
Turkestan, Der Spiegel maga-
zine said that the area was a
Chinese colony rather than
having an autonomous administration, and that Chinese administra-
tors were insensitive to the Muslim Uighur population:

The Chinese rule in Xinjiang is in every respect a colonial phenome-
non. Although they have lived in this country for decades none of the
Chinese officials speak the local language. They are not interested in
the country where they earn their living. They undermine the local
peoples' customs. In brief, the Chinese officials hate the local peo-
ple... 66

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