re: #160 Killgore Trout

The other day I happened across some population stats (demographic info), and apparently this oil-rich region of China was (not that long ago) populated with Uyghurs…but, now, the region has, basically been invaded by Han Chinese (and the Han Chinese are, by huge numbers, outnumbering the Uyhurs)…I see a brutal crackdown of the Uyhurs, but no break-up of China…(also happended to catch a professor in Canada whose speciality is in Chinese affairs — she stated that there is rampant Han racism/oppression against the Uyghurs…also that the hatred works both ways…(The Chinese apparently tore down some tower — and that was the “last straw” for the Uyghurs, which, in part fueled the riots…the Han Chinese also impose their time on the region — that is, the clocks are even set to correspond to Bejing time, letting the Uyghurs know who’s in control…etc.)