PRC’s firm hostility toward ‘separatists’
By Shohret Hoshur
The Chinese documentary film
The War in the Shadows: Challenges of Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang, which was released last week, deserves attention, not merely to understand China’s challenge on ethnic issues, but also to understand its hostile mentality toward its enemies.
In it, we see two middle-aged prisoners crying in remorse for their actions.
One is former Xinjiang Education Department director Sattar Sawut and the other is Shirzad Baudun, a former Xinjiang secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
Both are elites of Uighur society, and leaders repeatedly tested and promoted by the Chinese state. What has made them so miserable? The film said it was their crimes.