On July 8th, huanqiu.com reported attempts by the Uighur movement for independence in using the well-known social networking site Facebook for global networking in support of its independent movement.  More than 90% of Chinese netizens on huanqiu.com expressed that such an 'internet-based activity' by the Uighur political dissenters are in fact breaching Chinese national interest and security; and Facebook should immediately take action to shut down the related Uighur agenda-ridden groups.

Huanqiu.com reported on the 8th of July about a group on Facebook called 'Worldwide Protest in Honor and Support of Uighurs Dying for Freedom'. The group was calling on Uighurs all over the world to unite and participate in a protest of global scale on Chinese embassies worldwide.  As such, this agenda-ridden group has crossed the line of being a normal 'internet-based activity' and has in fact become a politically agenda-ridden base of operations for the Uighur independent movement abroad.

Chinese netizens are infuriated with this news.  On the survey posted on huanqiu.com in the afternoon of July 8th, netizens are asked 'do you think that Facebook should immediately shut down Uighur agenda-ridden groups on its site?' - a 94.2% of netizens have responded in favour of Facebook shutting down the groups, tallying a total of 5207 votes by 18:00 of July 9th Beijing time.  A 81.7% of Huanqiu netizens surveyed also agreed that Facebook should be punished for hosting Uighur agenda-ridden groups on its site to propagate the Uighur independence agenda and instigate further unrest in Xinjiang.

Read the original in Chinese huanqiu.com

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