Before Xinjiang, there was East Turkistsn.

[syed putra]

 

[syed putra]

So China invaded Tibet and East Turkistan. And they all say China has no interest in colonising anywhere outside China.

 

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About East Turkistan​

Brief History​

East Turkistan, the Uyghur homeland, is referred to as the ‘Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’ by the Chinese regime. Xinjiang means new territory and is a colonialist title that Uyghur people do not use. We prefer to use the historic and geographic name, East Turkistan. As we speak, in addition to the mounting crimes occurring there due to China’s genocidal policies and digital authoritarianism, the Chinese regime is literally exterminating the Uyghurs.

The Manchu Invasion​

The independent Uyghur Kingdom in East Turkistan — the Seyyid Kingdom, also known as Yarkent Kingdom — was invaded by the Manchu rulers of China in 1759 who annexed East Turkistan into their empire. The Manchus ruled East Turkistan as a military colony from 1759 to 1862. During this period, the Uyghurs and other people of East Turkistan valiantly opposed the foreign rule in their land. They revolted 42 times against Manchu rule with the purpose of regaining their independence. The Manchu were finally expelled in 1864 and Uyghurs established Yetteshahar State. However, the independence was short-lived, as the Manchus invaded East Turkistan again in 1876. After eight years of bloody war, the Manchu Empire formally annexed East Turkistan into its territories and renamed it “Xinjiang” (meaning “New Territory”) on November 18, 1884.

 

[syed putra]

Xinjiang was previously known as syed kingdom. After me.

 

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Chinese Rule in East Turkistan​

After Chinese Nationalists overthrew the Manchu Empire in 1911, East Turkistan fell under the rule of warlords of Chinese ethnicity who came to dominate provincial administration in the later years of the Manchu Empire. The Chinese central government had little control over East Turkistan during this period. The Uyghurs, who wanted to free themselves from foreign domination, staged numerous uprisings against Chinese rule. Twice (in 1933 and in 1944) succeeded in setting up an independent East Turkistan Republic (ETR). However, these independent republics were overthrown by the military intervention and political intrigue of the Soviet Union. In October of 1949, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops marched into East Turkistan, effectively ending the East Turkistan Republic. The Chinese communists established the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the territory of East Turkistan. The Chinese communist reign in East Turkistan can be considered the darkest chapter in the history of the Uyghurs and East Turkistan. Under the current conditions, the very existence of the Uyghur nation is under threat. Despite all the brutal and destructive campaigns by the Chinese government against their identity and existence, the Uyghurs and other peoples of East Turkistan refuse to be subjugated by China and keep carrying the torch of resistance against Chinese occupation, handed down to them by their ancestors.