I think this provides support to a hypothesis I’ve had about the anti-China libs. If they aren’t constantly reminded that Xinjiang exists, they just forget about it. “Tibet” and “Tibetans” are much easier to spell than “Xinjiang” and “Uyghur” so when they aren’t constantly reminded of the latest BigEvil China is doing they just default to Tibet.
I think this provides support to a hypothesis I’ve had about the anti-China libs. If they aren’t constantly reminded that Xinjiang exists, they just forget about it. “Tibet” and “Tibetans” are much easier to spell than “Xinjiang” and “Uyghur” so when they aren’t constantly reminded of the latest BigEvil China is doing they just default to Tibet.