Kashmir and Xinjiang


	Kashmir and Xinjiang

Gul Agha

5-4-2007 7:01 PM

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india, china, kashmir, sufism, tibet, uigher

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																	As with Tibet, the main platform for the central government was to increase the 
																	presence of Han Chinese in the province, with a view to building the business 
																	areas, including agricultural and mining, as well as manufactured products. 
																	From around 5% in the early 1960s, the proportion of Han in Xinjiang shot up 
																	rapidly and now stands at more than 40%.
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																	Interestingly, India was fighting two wars at this time, one against terrorists 
																	who demanded accession of Kashmir to Pakistan, and the second group of more 
																	moderate militants calling for an independent Kashmir. It was a matter of some 
																	luck for India that the first group in effect destroyed the second, eliminating 
																	the moderate wing of Kashmiri politicians by the end of the 1990s.
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																	The first group was buoyed by the success of the Afghan mission, and therefore 
																	focused much on the Wahhabi stream of Islam. However, this was not necessarily 
																	a wise choice in this terrain, as the population in Kashmir had a proud Sufi 
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