The Sino-Soviet split caused some pretty wacky foreign policy decisions by China.
Like the time they supported the Afghan Mujahideen in their fight against the USSR aligned (or puppet depending on the period) Socialist, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Putting them on the same side as the United States, working together against the Soviet Union.
They even went as far as to provide tacit support to a number of Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang to fight alongside the Taliban.
Than, shockingly, when these radicalized Uyghur's arrived back in Xinjiang many launched jihad against the Chinese state. Blow-Back from Chinese Afghan policy did play a significant role in the intensification of the Xinjiang conflict
While I'm critically supportive of China, I still don't like the tendency of many here to just write off Xinjiang as a region filled with "radical Islamic terrorists" (all of whom seemingly appeared from thin air), from which punitive actions against the population is justified, while ignoring the role of successive generations of Chinese leadership in intensifying tensions in Xinjiang, and at times outright adding fuel to the fire, as was the case with Chinese support for the Mujaheddin.
The Sino-Soviet split caused some pretty wacky foreign policy decisions by China.
Like the time they supported the Afghan Mujahideen in their fight against the USSR aligned (or puppet depending on the period) Socialist, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Putting them on the same side as the United States, working together against the Soviet Union.
They even went as far as to provide tacit support to a number of Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang to fight alongside the Taliban.
Than, shockingly, when these radicalized Uyghur's arrived back in Xinjiang many launched jihad against the Chinese state. Blow-Back from Chinese Afghan policy did play a significant role in the intensification of the Xinjiang conflict
While I'm critically supportive of China, I still don't like the tendency of many here to just write off Xinjiang as a region filled with "radical Islamic terrorists" (all of whom seemingly appeared from thin air), from which punitive actions against the population is justified, while ignoring the role of successive generations of Chinese leadership in intensifying tensions in Xinjiang, and at times outright adding fuel to the fire, as was the case with Chinese support for the Mujaheddin.
weird how supporting terrorists always comes around to bite whoever supported them in the ass.
If I was a leader of a country, I simply wouldn't fund right-wing terror groups.
if I was a leader of a country, I wouldn't fund anything with a wiff of right-wing tendency.