China denies Uighurs` Turkic descent and says `hostile forces` trying to split country
(The Guardian China)

The government said `hostile forces´ wanted to break China apart and called the region of Xinjiang an `inseparable´ part of China The far northwestern region of Xinjiang is an `inseparable` part of China despite efforts by extremists to distort history and facts in a bid to split the country, the Chinese government said in a document published late on Sunday.The government said in a white paper published by the State Council Information Office it was wrong to suggest members of Xinjiang´s minority Uighur Muslim community were descended from Turks, noting they had become the political tool of pan-Turkic and pan-Islamic groups. Related: China`s Uighur policy is human rights `stain of the century` - Pompeo Continue reading...