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Bangkok Bombing - Sinkiang Connection

 
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scot47



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:11 pm    Post subject: Bangkok Bombing - Sinkiang Connection Reply with quote
Uighurs ?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bangkok-bombing-key-suspect-yusufu-mierili-tells-police-hes-guilty-10489985.html
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fluffyhamster



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Xinjiang. Were you a Qing dynasty postie, Scot? Razz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_postal_map_romanization
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scot47



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
For me, Peking will never be Beijing !

I have already made a concession by not using the name "Chinese Turkestan" !

Uighurs of course are Uzbeks who are practically Turks. I am not sure what Ataturk thought of this business. How did he decide who was a Turk and who was a "Yabanci" ?
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