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War of words over Xinjiang erupts between Chinese and Turkish social media users

· By Laura Zhou
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The debate over ethnic identity in Xinjiang has triggered an online clash between Chinese and Turkish social media users. The row began earlier this month when a Turkish social media user recalled an encounter with a Uygur from Xinjiang, the region in China that is home to nearly 12 million mainly Muslim Turkic spea…

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