Some people ask why Uyghurs can’t just escape China if they are oppressed there. The reason is that it is extremely hard or almost impossible to escape China for them, for several reasons:
- Ubiquitous (omnipresent) checkpoints.^[https://eurasianet.org/perspectives-navigating-xinjiangs-security-checkpoints] Try making it out of China when your bags and ID are checked every few hundred meters.
- Neighboring countries (Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikstan) are more likely to quitely return them to China than offer assistance.
- Relatives left behind may be punished for it, in the form of incarceration.
- Trying to go to a Muslim country is interpreted as the pre-crime of “hijirat.”^[(伊吉拉特 yījílātè) ^6d6931] Weak evidence. need_sources whether all planned migrations are dubbed hijrah.
Counter argument:
- There are places in Xinjiang where you can drive across the border.
https://twitter.com/PandemicTruther/status/1451631198233669642?s=20
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新疆行前九大问题全解答之 去新疆旅行要不要去口岸
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Answers to the nine questions before the trip to Xinjiang Do you want to go to the port when traveling to Xinjiang?
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