Comments on: Xinjiang May Be Autonomous, but the Food Isn’t

By: huh

huh — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:19:09 +0000

uneducated, nationalist tool

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:47:57 +0000

That’s a mighty fine ideal coming from a man who has the freedom to say those things. But what if you had no say in the matter?

What if your life had been “carefully manipulated through living in an environment of oppression” and you didn’t have the option to change that?

In case you didn’t catch the reference or my writing wasn’t clear, that quote is from your “about me” page and my point is that you’re very hypocritical.

By: Adrian Thurston

Adrian Thurston — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:01:49 +0000

If they say that they are Chinese, then they are Chinese. If they say that they are Uyghur Chinese from XinJiang, then they are still Chinese. BUT, if they say they are Muslims from Uyghuristan or from somewhere else like that, then they either need to be deported to where they say they are from and have their Chinese citizenship withdrawn, or transported to another Han or Manchu Chinese province where they can be integrated into the mainstream of Chinese cultural life.

By: Chinese Nationalist

Chinese Nationalist — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:34:31 +0000

It is simply because “Chinese” in the West is actually referring to Han Chinese or more specifically, Southern Han Chinese. So using “Han Food” and “Uyghur Food” to distinguish the two makes more sense when you are in China.

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:28:50 +0000

I'm ethnically Chinese and have grown up in Australia. Here we have restaurants serving "Asian food" and the gross generalisation is so frustrating!

When I travel I also find that people are constantly surprised when I describe myself as Australian and even had one American exclaim "but you look like you're Japanese or something?"