definately freedom fighters

Ethnic cleansing fighters, maybe

who will stop china ?

Muslim terrorists.

a terrorist is merely a label for an enemy you don't like.

an enemy. but terrorists are always a minority of some sort.

since the ughuirs are minority they are 'terrorists'
since the Tibetans are a minority they are 'terrorists'

Targetting non-military, non-tactical targets with the sole intent of causing terror is what makes one a terrorist. This is why terrorists are the bad guys: they're the ones bombing women and kids.

The word does have a meaning. At least it did. It only fails to or means "whatever you say it means" if you keep raping it. Please, defend the English language from terrorism like that on this forum!

> sole intent of causing terror is what makes one a terrorist

Also i agree with this ^

Please still argue with me though.

" (CNN) -- China's remote Xinjiang region, hit by violence that officials say has left scores dead, has seen a recent surge in unrest involving ethnic Uyghurs.
A file picture shows the main bazaar in Kashgar, western Xinjiang province.

A file picture shows the main bazaar in Kashgar, western Xinjiang province.

The Uyghurs are a mainly Sunni Muslim group found throughout Xinjiang, a vast and arid territory that straddles the ancient Silk Road trading route and forms China's western borders with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.

With a distinct culture and Turkic-based language, Uyghurs are guaranteed equal rights and limited autonomy under China's constitution, however ethnic tensions run deep. Some Uyghurs feel threatened by the steady influx of migrants from China's overcrowded east.

Millions of Han Chinese, the country's dominant ethnic group, have migrated into Xinjiang over the past 60 years, prompting complaints that they dominate local politics, culture and commerce at the Uyghurs' expense.

The dissatisfaction has turned violent at times, including a major flashpoint in 1992 when several buses were bombed in Urumqi.
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Beijing has blamed such incidents on Uyghur groups seeking an independent Muslim state, but China insists few Uyghurs support the separatists.
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The government has launched sporadic crackdowns on what it says are terrorists operating among Xinjiang's 19 million people. Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics it said it thwarted two plots involving Uyghur militants.

Human rights groups have accused the communist government of using anti-terrorism operations as a pretext for suppressing the ethnic group, charges Beijing has denied. "

ya. its not a new concept of labelling a minority something horrible and propogating the s!@$ out of it. This happens time and time again in history and "terrorist" is just another one of those. The government can now get away with doing whatever they want to the cities these people live in and no one will say a thing. Because they are fighting "terrorists" right?

yeah they're terrorists, because their grandfathers fought the People's Army to a standstill without blowing up buses

it's really a bad stereotype to label Muslims as terrorists, not all of them are and it's not their fault. I blame Muslim extremists for their corrupt, twisted words of Quran (Koran).