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and nation, and must stop doing so. It must think about this and do
these things from a conception of honesty, of rationality and of proper

behavior. It must withdraw from East Turkestan and leave it as a free
country. Then you will see how the world opens up to China. Turkey
will adopt a most excellent view of it. Workers from Turkey will go to
work in China, and others from there will come here. It will adopt a
totally different line. But there will always be anger in the nation’s heart
so long as this open wound continues to bleed. Many people, many busi-
nessmen for example, do not go to China to do business just because of

that hatred. Who would willingly go to a country that kills so many peo-
ple, that commits so many murders? Everywhere is full of human blood.
You will have to wade through human blood to go anywhere there
today. No Muslim can wade through human blood. They must clean
that blood up. They must put a stop to these killings and this oppression
will be lifted. They should allow East Turkestan to be democratic. Laic.
Let it take its place in the world as an independent country. China will
be enriched many times by that. It must not imagine it will lose out by
it. It will gain prestige, not lose it. This is not something to be made a

question of pride.
Asi a RFA: When we look at Turkestan geography, we see it is of
great strategic importance for China. After the USA, China is one of the
world’s largest energy consumers. It needs energy, oil, in order to devel-
op. And that comes from Central Asia. There is an oil pipeline from
Kazakhstan to Shanghai. There is natural gas from East Turkestan.
China has occupied the region four times in the past, and has four times

been the superpower in the region. China drew nourishment from there.
That is why it is very important for China and China is reluctant to leave
it. In contrast, however, it has adopted a relaxed policy towards West
Turkestan. So what should the Turkic world, the Islamic world, do? The

Communist China's Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan