Since then, East Turkestan has existed solely on paper, as a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), a would-be competitor of the United Nations set up in 1991. In Xinjiang itself, the current agitation is more social than nationalist in character, and targets cultural oppression (Han Chinese by now make up half of the region’s population) rather than expressing aspirations for independence.
从那以后，东土耳其斯坦就名存实亡了，仅仅作为非联合国会员国家及民族组织（简称UNPO，一个成立于1991年，旨在与联合国分庭抗礼的组织）的成员存在。而对于新疆来说，最近的暴动在本质上是社会意义而不是国家意义上的，目的是反对文化压迫（汉族已经占到了本地区人口的一半）而不是表达独立的诉求。但流血事件也很可能改变整个状况，因为暴力将不可避免地滋生极端主义。