The Chinese Uighur problem [for want of a better term] in the far western Xinjiang region of the country is driven by ideological issues. The Muslim Turkic population have been rumoured to engage in terrorist activities in China, that was some time ago though. I certainly do not support terrorism in any way shape or form.

Possibly, that was because they have been threatened, not that I condone such activities. I purely seek to provide a balanced argument. So, if the Uighur population is engaging in terrorist activities, then the government has an obligation to address these pressing issues. I do not think this is the case though, a whole group of people are being unfairly targeted.

China is a vast country, they have 23 regions or provinces, and one could argue numerous sub-regions within those regions. Then there are the bordering countries with Nepal and Bhutan to the south-west, Mongolia to the north with Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to the west. China has borders with a number of countries and seems to have a few disputes with every country in the region. To be fair, with such diversity in this region, the possibility of issues could reasonably occur.

It is these western regions to the west that concern the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Muslim Turkic people that inhabit this area have two main issues that trouble the CCP, firstly they are not ethnic Chinese, the CCP views anyone not Chinese as inferior. Secondly, a Muslim religion is not compatible with CCP ideology, well that could be any religion as the CCP views itself above the people. My experiences working for a Chinese company, they are arrogant and they despise any non-ethnic Chinese people.

So add into this warped ideology a religion that is totally opposed to communist principles where the totalitarian regime is the religion where the people of China must submit to the will of the elite. Communism is all about the party, it is not about the people, they are inconsequential. So way out west away from the main centres, the Uygiers are living in the vastness of Western China. Whilst Western media is highlighting the activities of the CCP, even relating it to genocide, I expect these prisons to continue to target the Uighur minority unless sanction are leveled against the CCP.