Self-Determination for Some: The Palestinians and the Uyghurs in China’s Foreign Policy
Journal: eYLS (Yale Law School)
Year: 2020

China's first ever white paper publicly outlining its policy toward the greater Middle East affirmed Beijing's support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as well as an independent Palestinian state based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.Beijing's support for Palestinian independence stands in stark contrast and apparent tension with its oppression of its Uyghur minority, who, like the Palestinians, aspire to an independent state of their own in present-day Xinjiang.