Xinhua’s Interview: Separatism Bad for China, the World: U.S. Scholar
Separating Xinjiang from China is bad for China and the whole world as well, because a stable China is good for everyone, a U.S. scholar has said.
“My feeling in the United States is that nobody wants Xinjiang to become independent, because it would be bad for China, and would be bad for the world,” Dru C. Gladney, president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, California, told Xinhua in a recent telephone interview.
“A stable China is good for everyone,” he added.
Speaking of China’s response to the July 5 riot in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Gladney said, “There is a lot of support for China to bring western journalists to Urumqi after the incident.” “People feel that is a very great thing,” he said.
Gladney, who studied ethnic issues for many years, said that the U.S. policy toward the issue is not very consistent, because it is influenced and pressured by too many interest groups.
POSTED COMMENTS: 2 Responses
Not endorsing separatism is very different from endorsing the CCP’s policies and approach to ethnic unrest in places like Tibet and Xinjiang. It figures that Xinhua would leave that bit out. More Weak Man of Asia B.S.
NO COMPROMISE AGAINST SEPARATISTS. THEY MUST BE CRUSHED.