At present, China has not recognized the Armenian genocide. However, China has historically had an adverse relationship with the Turkic world, and numerous wars between China and Turkic entities have fomented a strong hatred against anything Turkish and Turkic in China, especially due to recent Xinjiang conflict when Turkey has been accused of sponsoring pan-Turkist separatists against China. At the same time, anti-Chinese sentiment is also present in Turkey and other Turkic countries, most notably during the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, and news about the Uyghurs and other Turkic people in Xinjiang have always been a sensitive issue on Chinese–Turkish relations.