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Could you please call it East Turkistan? China has done this to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, etc. Because they wanted to be independent from China. The use of the word Xinjiang which means new territory in Chinese disrespects the people you are advocating for.
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I think there can sometimes be a case for using BOTH terms. So many Westerners (especially Americans) have no idea where #EastTurkistan is. It’s not even easily findable on maps the way #Tibet is. #EastTurkistan is its real name. But XJ can help with research for newbies, as most
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