The state has been actively pursuing a demographic strategy of transplanting ethnic Han Chinese, who are the majority in China, to the region, and the Han Chinese will soon outnumber the Uighurs, who will practically end up losing their country. This is a process that has been taking place for decades in front of the world's very eyes, but no one bothered to interfere for several reasons. However, what we have in front of our eyes is an eventual, if slow and gradual, termination of a people. The powerful Western countries' prominent silence is not surprising given their past record, but they should know that what they are watching could be a version of what they may face in the future.We all remember in sadness how the Western powers, chiefly Britain, watched Hitler while he was in action in Eastern Europe. They were either afraid of him and did not want to attract his attention or simply did not care what was happening to a number of peoples and nations. Some played realpolitik and focused on only their interests. Yet, they could not escape facing their destiny of fighting Hitler. But, it was too late. Many millions died at the hands of the cruel Nazis. Today, China is all too powerful, and nobody wants to annoy it. I remember Tony Blair stating a few years ago when the Chinese president was paying a visit to London, “Nobody should expect me to wreck the relations with China.” Good for him. A few days ago, a Chinese diplomat was underlining with a grinning face on a Turkish TV channel that Turkey will sooner or later consider its interests before reacting to the massacre taking place in Xinjiang. I think there is nothing more effective than the keyword interest used in international politics and diplomacy to show how humans could easily divorce themselves from integrity, ethics, empathy, God and, ultimately, humanity. When they use the word interest, in actual fact they are simply saying that they are selfish and egoistical creatures but expect us to believe that they are doing something lofty.
Similar to the Chinese diplomat with a grinning face, I am sure all Chinese statesmen are confidently sitting at their desks, grinning and thinking that “these greedy Westerners love their interests; they need our cheap [actually postmodern slave] labor; they need our cheap products [not to survive but to be able to consume endlessly]; thus, they will not be bothered about a few million bloody Muslims.” I think this chain of thought is more than convincing for the Chinese. But if anybody needs more assurances to this end, they may simply refer to “the movie” “Hitler in action while Westerners watching” or “Serbs in action in Bosnia,” “Saddam in chemical action in Kurdistan,” “Hutu-Tutsi action in Rwanda” and so on.
Americans think they need the Chinese money, cheap products and cheap labor and so on. They will never be able to challenge China. But, they must know that a number of decades later, the Chinese will be on their doorsteps, asking for more. This is not a prophecy but a simple evaluation of history. When it comes to Xinjiang, all Westerners cry in unison that it is an internal Chinese matter, but one wonders why they enthusiastically bombed and invaded Afghanistan? Why did they bother about East Timor? Why do they deal with Darfur? Their diplomatic and classical reaction is, “No two cases are identical,” which is another way of saying, “They do not have principles beside their myopic and inhumane interests.” They should sit and relax; the Chinese will have their turn, and they have shown their style.
