[x1stcav]

I thought this was somehow related to the dog meat festival.

Innocent Chinese dying? Eh.

Now dogs are another matter.

[tbw2]

China’s western provinces have a large Muslim population.
China is dealing with a large, Turkish ancestry group that looks to Islam as a form of nationalism and periodically attacks Chinese targets.
Excavations along the Silk Road showed European looking nomads, including mummies with blonde and red hair. China considered the archeology too politically divisive, because it fed the Urgyurs belief that they are a separate people and not Chinese. When finding blonde mummies in China is first and foremost feared for giving Muslim separatists another excuse to blow up buildings, you know its bad.