On 19 March 1996, a top-secret directive from the Politburo, China’s supreme political leadership, identified Turkey as a hub of the movement for an independent East Turkistan in Xinjiang, led by Uyghurs alongside other native Turkic peoples. Beijing ordered its apparatus to bind Ankara, fragment the diaspora, isolate its leaders, and keep East Turkistan off … Continue reading How China Bought Turkey’s Silence on East Turkistan & Uyghurs and Gave It Missiles That Threaten Europe: OPED