missmuffet Posted November 25, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted November 25, 2016 What is this all about? http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/24/asia/china-xinjiang-passports/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted November 25, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted November 25, 2016 The uyghurs are muslims and have been at odds with china. This is likely why they are being told to surrender passports. A famous uyghur artist was aboard the missing malaysian aircraft too. Which is when I first learned about this group of people. This 2 yr old link explains the tension between china and the uyghurs. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted November 25, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 12 hours ago, ayin jade said: The uyghurs are muslims and have been at odds with china. This is likely why they are being told to surrender passports. A famous uyghur artist was aboard the missing malaysian aircraft too. Which is when I first learned about this group of people. This 2 yr old link explains the tension between china and the uyghurs. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037  Ok thanks jade. Brings it more into focus for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedByGrace1981 Posted November 26, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,923 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 462 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/22/1953 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Lest we forget, some in the West look longingly at authoritative regimes such as the one in China: Quote It Would Be So Much Easier To Be the President of China -Barack H. Obama, March 2011 Blessings, -Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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