Indeed, former President George W. Bush welcomed Rebiya Kadeer, a leader of the exiled Uighur independence movement, to the White House, embittering many Chinese. And given that the Uighur bastion of Xinjiang is close to China’s borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US was unwise to raise Chinese hackles in this way.
事实上，美国前总统小布什在白宫接待维吾尔族独立运动流亡领导人热比娅·卡德尔的行为激怒了许多中国人。同时考虑到维吾尔族聚居的新疆自治区靠近中国与阿富汗和巴基斯坦的边境，美国在这方面激怒中国显然是不明智的。