How can nationalists tell between Korean and Chinese people?

Once in a while, the nationalists in Turkey show too much interest in a chronic problem. The latest such issue is the situation of Turkic Uighurs living in China?s Xinjiang region and the supposed restrictions on the Muslim minority to observe the holy month of Ramadan.

Reports on the nationalist and pro-government media have suggested that the Uighurs have been denied their basic religious rights, including fasting.  

Although the reports were accurate to some extent, since Chinese authorities have banned government employees and school children from fasting, horror stories in social media have been painting a picture of ethnic cleansing, even claiming that the Chinese were ?skinning the Uighur Turks alive? and ?eating Uighur babies.? 

Such stories prompted protests across the country, many of which were led by the ??dealist Hearts? (Ülkü Ocaklar?), which has organic ties to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Nationalists and conservatives all around the world love the clichés and try to explain the word around them with stereotypes, especially when it comes to race issues. The protests proved this case, as nationalists who attended these protests tried to attack Chinese tourists and a Chinese restaurant. However, neither of these attempts harmed ?oppressive? China much.

A Chinese restaurant vandalized by the nationalists in Istanbul belonged to a Turkish man and the restaurant employee beaten was in fact a Uighur Turk.

A couple days later, the nationalists wanted to attack a group of Chinese tourists to exercise their fundamental right to protest China. Not only does beating up Chinese citizens for something their government supposedly does made no sense, but also the victims of the attack were in fact...

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