Why East Turkistan/“Xinjiang”  Matters to India

In 1949, the ancestral homeland of the Uyghurs—East Turkistan—was occupied by the Communist Chinese army. Following the occupation, both armed and ideological resistance continued in the region. During this period, the Chinese government declared the “autonomy” status in order to suppress Uyghur demands for independence and to consolidate its own control. East Turkistan was designated […]