The Chinese embassy's tweet against the Turkish opposition leaders' tweets about Uighur independence is facing a backlash. I don't think I need to translate these but there is quite a bit of nationalism. There are a lot of posts mentioning Xiongnu victories against ancient China.
I wonder what's Xiongnu relationship with Turk or Uyghur or Xinjiang?
I first learned about Xiongnu when many years ago I watched the TV series of the 2005
Great Emperor of Han Dynasty 汉武大帝 (Han Wu Da Di) -- Emperor Liu Che (born name); Zhang Qian, the great envoy to the Western Region and the great historian, Sima Qian...
A fascinating tweet by Tursunali @Tursunali_7 on the history of Xinjiang:
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Today, I’m trying to post a long tweet to briefly talk about my views on Xinjiang’s religion & history:
First of all, Islam is not a traditional Uyghur religion
Uighurs have a history of more than 1,400 years, while Islam has entered Xinjiang for less than 800 years!
China implements a policy of freedom of religious belief. This means that everyone can choose their own religion instead of being forced to be a "Muslim" at birth
Third, in modern society, the actual role of religion is difficult to reflect. Many young people r more willing to spend their time & energy on making money, traveling, and enjoying life.
The ethnic composition of "突厥" [Turkic ethnic group] is very complicated, except that it has nothing to do with the ancestors of Uyghurs, "Uyghur"
For the complete post, furnished with picture and Chinese text attachments, see the tweet at above link.
