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Beijing television in which contestants are asked to recite well-known
quotations from Mao on command and to identify the dates, places and

contexts of other quotations of his. More of his posters are being put up,
and his teachings are broadcast again and again on the radio and televi-
sion. Given the scale of the propaganda they are subjected to, a large
part of the Chinese people see Mao as a savior, and even feel a kind of
mystical devotion to him. Many of them believe that Mao protects them
from accidents, evil and disease. In his book The Sun That Never Sets,

however, the Chinese investigative journalist Jia Lusheng underlines
certain other truths. According to Jia, China's devotion to Mao reflects a
nostalgia for the days when the country seemed more stable. He writes
that poor leadership, a degenerate society, and the rising crime rate
have all helped to increase the nostalgia for Mao. A great many Chinese
imagine that the sun will again rise over China when Mao's ideology is
translated into life.
As these analyses have shown, China is by no means turning its
back on communism, and may even be moving towards an even stricter

form of communism within the context of an established program.
Communist ideology means the oppression in East Turkestan will con-
tinue. That is because communist ideology has always been an implaca-
ble foe of Muslims and Islam, and will always be so.

THE CHINESE "TERRORISM" DECEPTION
The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001,

brought with them a new strategic order that would change many bal-
ances in the world. The United States began a global war against inter-
national terrorism, which sees that country as its main target. Some
countries, however, took advantage of that struggle and hoped to use it

Communist China’s Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan