No Referendum for China

... Central Nationalities University in Beijing, for supporting separatism in Xinjiang. The verdict has exploded in the West, but China has remained unimpressed, with its Foreign Ministry labeling the declarations as interference in internal affairs under ... ... 2010, Mr. Tohti posted a "survey of ethnic relations in Xinjiang," claiming that it was based on polls held in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, which indicated that 12.3 percent of the respondents view independence ...