What 5000 year old civilization?
Modern Day China turned it's back on the "5000 year old civilization" when under Mao's "Cultural Revolution", you destroyed a lot of "old stuff"....."Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds
Typical nationalist response.
Who's talking about separating Xinjiang??
You're projecting your fears into real life.
Oh my....this is PDF. I can do whatever I want to as long as it's within the rules of the forums. You can't tell me what to do and what not to. This isn't a Commie forum.
Here, "educate" yourself with some actual maps:
^That's the "Mongol" Dynasty.
^Not showing East Turkestan Republics between Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty & People's Republic of China (PRC).