War of words over Xinjiang erupts between Chinese and Turkish social media users

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Social media users in China and Turkey have clashed online over ethnic identity in Xinjiang. The debate followed a Turkish user's account of meeting a Uyghur woman who identified herself as Chinese rather than Turkic.

The debate over ethnic identity in Xinjiang has triggered an online clash between Chinese and Turkish social media users. The row began earlier this month when a Turkish social media user recalled an encounter with a Uygur from Xinjiang, the region in China that is home to nearly 12 million mainly Muslim Turkic speakers. The user wrote that the woman did not look Chinese, but when asked whether she considered herself Turkic, the woman responded: “No, I’m Chinese.” The user also called on her to...