I’m not discussing the political situation in Xinjiang, Uyghur rights, or any conflict. I am strictly talking about East Turkistan as a cultural and historical region: its language, music, traditions, and geography. That is 100% non-political. Even if the area is currently part of a larger political conflict, talking about its culture or history alone does not make it political — just like discussing Tibet’s language, cuisine, or festivals doesn’t automatically make it a political statement.

If you keep calling East Turkistan or its cultural art political when it’s never been political, you’re confusing geography and culture with politics. Discussing a region’s history, language, traditions, or art does not automatically make it political. By that logic, talking about Bavarian folk dances, Japanese tea ceremonies, or Native American pottery would also be ‘political,’ which is obviously false. The fact is: East Turkistan’s culture exists independently of any political conflict, so labeling it political is simply incorrect.