But 9/11 happened, creating the opening for a "final solution." Miles Maochun Yu, a researcher at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, observed, "The Chinese government took advantage of the U.S.-led Global War on Terror after the 9/11 attacks and essentially steamrolled Washington into declaring the insignificantly weak East Turkistan Independence Movement as a terrorist group. For political expediency, Washington accepted the Chinese demand with great reluctance albeit urging Beijing for restraint and religious freedom in its crackdown on these 'Uyghur terrorists' seeking independence."

XREF: Connects to U.S.-China relations and the War on Terror reconfiguring geopolitical alliances and human rights priorities.

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