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economic policy. It is now in a weak position regarding both Europe and
America. If foreign countries were to sever foreign trade today, the

Chinese economy would collapse. That means that America and Europe
have it in their power to demolish China. That means that China is no
longer as able to defy the world as it used to. This is a sign that the time
for the liberation of East Turkestan has come. We must make the very
best use of this period. Because East Turkestan is home to the world’s

most immaculate Muslims, and perhaps its best behaved people. It is
somewhere inhabited by the most insulated, select people. I have wit-
nessed this for myself. That is to say I know it for sure, I am certain. It is
therefore crucially important that these people be freed from oppression,
a matter of honor for the whole world. It is a debt of honor for the whole
world. This great Turkic state has to be freed from Chinese hands. It is
unacceptable for any conscience for China to interfere in it. It should let
East Turkestan live freely as a state in its own right with its own means.

If China wants to trade it can go and trade with it. There is no question
of East Turkestan attacking China. So what does China want? What does
it gain? If it wants to gain something, that can be commercial. So let East
Turkestan and China trade together. Nobody will let it colonize it, how-
ever, and what other meaning can taking a country captive have? What

does China want from East Turkestan and what does it stand to gain by
making it a captive? What happiness can that bring it? What joy will that

Communist China's Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan