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The number of Chinese oil companies coming to East Turkestan in
search of oil has grown rapidly since 1989, although almost all of the
20,000 workers employed in the Tarim Basin alone were selected from
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among the Chinese population. This discriminatory policy against the
people of East Turkestan has gone so far that Chinese people who know
nothing about the region's history, culture or civilization have started
working there as tourist guides. In this way, China is able to keep con-
trol of the information imparted to those tourists who do visit the re-
gion, and in this way prevent the Muslims of East Turkestan from
having their voices heard.
T he Uighur farmers spend most of their time working like slaves in
their own land, and are impoverished in the midst of plenty.
Communist China’s Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan
