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 ==== Xinjiang ==== ==== Xinjiang ====
 Independence movements in Xinjiang have a long history, but came to the world's attention after '9/11', when the 'war on terror' provided another rationale for continuation of US imperial ambitions, which resulted in the invasion or military intervention in a series of countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. The direct result of these interventions was the creation of extremist Salafist 'Islamic' groups who imposed their version of Islam on other Muslims through radicalisation and bullying. Independence movements in Xinjiang have a long history, but came to the world's attention after '9/11', when the 'war on terror' provided another rationale for continuation of US imperial ambitions, which resulted in the invasion or military intervention in a series of countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. The direct result of these interventions was the creation of extremist Salafist 'Islamic' groups who imposed their version of Islam on other Muslims through radicalisation and bullying.
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 +The relative poverty of Xinjiang and the proximity to radicalising groups training in areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan created an ideal environment for extremism, separatism and terrorism, which manifest from 2010 onwards until it was almost entirely thwarted by the Chinese program of deradicalisation.
  
 === Materials promoting the narrative of 'independence' in Xinjiang === === Materials promoting the narrative of 'independence' in Xinjiang ===
  
-=== Materials critiquing the narrative of 'democracy' in Hong Kong ===+=== Materials critiquing the narrative of 'independence' in Xinjiang  ===
 | Item |Publisher and Platform | Interviewee | | Item |Publisher and Platform | Interviewee |
 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1cqwICjRuo&start=18m&end=36m |How Hong Kong propaganda was promoted by western media]] | [[the_new_atlas |The New Atlas]] on YouTube| Daniel Dumbrill | | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1cqwICjRuo&start=18m&end=36m |How Hong Kong propaganda was promoted by western media]] | [[the_new_atlas |The New Atlas]] on YouTube| Daniel Dumbrill |
  
  
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