(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON VIOLENCE IN WESTERN

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/24/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CH KG KZ TI
SUBJECT: (SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON VIOLENCE IN WESTERN
CHINA (C-RE9-01741)

REF: ASTANA 001210

Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).


1. (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING THE RECENT
VIOLENCE AGAINST ETHNIC UIGHURS IN XINJIANG, CHINA. REFTEL
OFFERED KEY INSIGHTS INTO THE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HAN CHINESE AND UIGHURS FUELING THIS UNREST. REFTEL
ALSO INDICATED THE NEGATIVE EFFECT THAT CONTINUED UNREST MAY
HAVE ON KAZAKHSTAN DUE TO KAZAKHSTAN'S OWN LARGE UIGHUR
POPULATION AND CLOSE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. WE
WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE
REGARDING CENTRAL ASIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO THE ONGOING
CONFLICT, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PREMIT.


A. (SBU) HOW HAVE CENTRAL ASIAN GOVERNMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN
KAZAKHSTAN, REACTED TO THE EVENTS IN URUMQI? ARE THERE ANY
INDICATIONS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO ENLIST
THE COOPERATION OF CENTRAL ASIAN GOVERNMENTS TO DEAL WITH THE
AFTERMATH?


B. (SBU) HOW HAVE THE ETHNIC-UIGHUR COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL
ASIAN STATES (KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, AND
TAJIKISTAN)--ESPECIALLY IN KAZAKHSTAN--REACTED TO THE EVENTS
IN URUMQI? PLEASE INCLUDE ANY INFORMATION ON PUBLIC PROTESTS
AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS.


C. (SBU) ARE THERE INDICATIONS OF INCREASED OR UNUSUAL
ACTIVITY AT BORDER CROSSINGS BETWEEN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES AND
CHINA IN RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN URUMQI?


2. (U) PLEASE CITE C-RE9-01741 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF
REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS.
CLINTON