Minority In Their Own Lands The Ughurs in Xinjiang or East Turkestan
The Chinese government supervised immigration resulted that the Uighurs population became already a minority in the region capital Urumqi. All important government and province business positions are in the hands of the Han Chinese to the exclusion of natives.
According to Wickepedia
Xinjiang or East Turkestan has a population of 18 million, eight million of which are the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighurs. As a result of Chinese demographic policies, ethnic Chinese population of the region has risen from 6 % in 1949 to 40 % or 7.5 million people. Kazakhs, the third largest group, constitute 1.2 million. Chinese government has been widely criticized for its extensive human rights violations, political, social, and religious persecutions of Muslims in the region.
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According to Wickepedia
Xinjiang or East Turkestan has a population of 18 million, eight million of which are the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighurs. As a result of Chinese demographic policies, ethnic Chinese population of the region has risen from 6 % in 1949 to 40 % or 7.5 million people. Kazakhs, the third largest group, constitute 1.2 million. Chinese government has been widely criticized for its extensive human rights violations, political, social, and religious persecutions of Muslims in the region.
http://www.lusp.de/mirror/panja1_chi0006.htm
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