The CPC could give up and surrender Xinjiang to ISIS. This option condemns millions of people to living under a fundamentalist Islamic State, including many non-Muslims and non-extreme Muslims. This option creates a CIA-aligned state on the border, and jeopardises a key part of the Belt and Road initiative, which is designed to connect landlocked countries for development and geopolitical positioning. This option also threatens the CPC’s legitimacy, as keeping China together is a historical signifier of the Mandate of Heaven.
The CPC could give up and surrender Xinjiang to ISIS.
Do you really think that’s what would happen if Xinjiang was given autonomy?
You dont think “many non-Muslims and non-extreme Muslims” could resist this on a grassroots level - especially if given humanitarian support from China?
