Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, and an Epic Journey: Aksu-Okinawa (Hami-Hiroshima, Turpan-Tokyo)

Welcome to the China Compass Podcast! Today's news takes us back to Taiwan (0:42) and an article that says pretty much what I articulated in the first podcast a few weeks ago: www.businessinsider.com/us-missing-how-china-could-seize-taiwan-without-invading-experts-2024-5 Next, we look at the hypocritical Chinese gov't complaints about unfair deportations: https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/china-says-students-including-those-at-yale-subjected-to-interrogations-and-deportations-at-us-entry-points/ CCP is brought to you by Pray for China: https://prayforchina.us/ Today's provincial prayer focus takes us to far west China's Xinjiang, which is the primarily home of the oppressed Uyghur Muslims: https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/xinjiang After an overview of beautiful Xinjiang (5:58), and a look at some of the difficulties, then its story time. I share about my epic overland journey through Xinjiang, and subsequent flights to Japan, in 2015 (14:36). You can also read my account here: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/aksu-to-okinawa?r=1zhx0p (Due to time constraints, I skipped the China Compass Questions segment this week) Email me comments or questions @ china.myadventures[@]gmail dot com Get daily prayer reminders on X: @chinaadventures Here's the one for today, which paired up perfectly with today's Xinjiang focus...   May 31 - Pray for Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far west China.    I spent a few days in Xinjiang back in the summer of 2015. Here's my report: https://chinacall.substack.com/.../145153541/share-center   Xinjiang is such a large region that it took the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington to adequately pair up in prayer: PrayforChina.us   For more info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksu_Prefecture https://www.asiaharvest.org/christians-in-china.../xinjiang