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They do not need to go anywhere. Thats there homeland. Actually I think that Xinjiang should be renamed East Turkestan, and all inhabitants of Xinjiang should be bilingual in both Uighur (because it is the language of the region, unless its a Tajik or Kazakh prefecture) and Mandarin (so they can function in Chinese society), and that goes for the Han Chinese as well.
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I don't support independence for it, and I'm not against it either if the people there truly want it. But I think the PRC govt should respect the culture and the rights of the people of that region, and also Han Chinese living there should be knowledgeable and integrated into Uighur language/culture, which is not the case now. i think if they took that approach, there wouldnt be the ethnic tensions there is today.
But again, most people are ethnocentric and selfish, so I doubt any of that will happen.
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Most likely the Uighurs will still maintain their identity but they will become marginalized, and will learn to speak fluent Mandarin and function in Chinese society. But one strange thing though I've noticed is that many young Han Chinese guys from Xinjiang, when travelling through other parts of China, like to brag about knowing some Uighur or knowing Uighur culture/music. So I think they identify with Uighurs at some level as a source of pride of where they are from.
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They make good knock off Aubusson carpets.
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