The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn't Care to Listen To

The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn't Care to Listen To

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An exhibit on the first floor of the museum here gives the government’s unambiguous take on the history of this border region: “Xinjiang has been an inalienable part of the territory of China,” says one prominent sign.

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Gilles Sabrie
In Kashgar, China, veiled women passing a wall with Uighur writing that promoted the nation’s fight against “terrorism and criminal acts.”
But walk upstairs to the second floor, and the ancient corpses on display seem to tell a different story.

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We all know for certain that many poeple in Xinjiang province of China which borders Central Asia. do not identify themselves as Chinese. There is also a very old separatist movement going there. Culturally they are more closer to the Turkic races of Central Asia. Their food habits, language, customs and religion (Islam) are different from the Han Chinese. Along with Tibet, this reigon has always been a headache for China

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[edit on 19-11-2008 by sunny_2008ny]