by FishbellykanakaDude » Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:34 pm
John wrote:Thucydides wrote:
> How does this situation effect your hypothesis that China will be
> increasingly allied with the Sunni Muslims?
> It is clear that China is generally supporting Pakistan against
> India. But China is also very much in opposition to the Sufi/Sunni
> Uighur population, who are increasingly Aligning themselves with
> the Turkic and Sunni peoples of other lands.
> So how do the Uighurs fit into this picture? Who are their
> historic friends and enemies? What is their generational
> timeline?
When the Uighurs are forced to choose between fighting on the side of
China versus fighting on the side of China's enemies, they'll choose
China.
The "core" of the uyghurs is their "turkmen" identity, so they will side with their "brothers", who will be aligned with the chinese.
When the "great fracturing" of the CS (chinese-sunni) alliance occurs, they will have already prepared themselves (as best they can) to grab their old homeland from the chaos.
The chinese can't make the uyghars an expendable "military unit" to be placed as cannon fodder on some non-uyghar border region, because they'd be too unreliable, so they will be "stationed" in their own territory (which they won't mind) as a buffer.
If they're not obliterated entirely by the nervous chinese, they will hunker down, while "mingling" with their brothers to the west (turkmen) in preparation for the "great fracturing", and halfheartedly "battle the evil Rus/Vikings" until the time is right to "rebel" against their Han oppressors and secure Greater Turkmenistan.
Uyghars are much more uyghar (turkmen) than muslim, and WAY more muslim than Han.
[quote="John"][quote="Thucydides"]
> How does this situation effect your hypothesis that China will be
> increasingly allied with the Sunni Muslims?
> It is clear that China is generally supporting Pakistan against
> India. But China is also very much in opposition to the Sufi/Sunni
> Uighur population, who are increasingly Aligning themselves with
> the Turkic and Sunni peoples of other lands.
> So how do the Uighurs fit into this picture? Who are their
> historic friends and enemies? What is their generational
> timeline?[/quote]
When the Uighurs are forced to choose between fighting on the side of
China versus fighting on the side of China's enemies, they'll choose
China.[/quote]
The "core" of the uyghurs is their "turkmen" identity, so they will side with their "brothers", who will be aligned with the chinese.
When the "great fracturing" of the CS (chinese-sunni) alliance occurs, they will have already prepared themselves (as best they can) to grab their old homeland from the chaos.
The chinese can't make the uyghars an expendable "military unit" to be placed as cannon fodder on some non-uyghar border region, because they'd be too unreliable, so they will be "stationed" in their own territory (which they won't mind) as a buffer.
If they're not obliterated entirely by the nervous chinese, they will hunker down, while "mingling" with their brothers to the west (turkmen) in preparation for the "great fracturing", and halfheartedly "battle the evil Rus/Vikings" until the time is right to "rebel" against their Han oppressors and secure Greater Turkmenistan.
Uyghars are much more uyghar (turkmen) than muslim, and WAY more muslim than Han.