Rebels supporting the creation of this state are generally blamed for a March 1, 2014 stabbing attack at (*) Kunming station.
The Soviets backed the creation of a state with this name in 1944 as part of the Three Districts Revolution. The first time this state was created, it was crushed as a consequence of the Kumul Rebellion, during which Timur Beg had his head stuck on a pike outside a mosque after exiling Swedish missionaries from Yarkand. The Barren Township riots were masterminded by Zeydin Yusuf, the founder of an Islamic Party that supports the re-creation of this state whose other leaders include Abdullah Mansour. Rebels supporting the creation of this state are generally blamed for a March 1, 2014 stabbing attack at (*) Kunming station. Taiwan denied a visa to activist Rebiya Kadeer for supposed connections to an independence movement supporting the creation of this state, whose backers allege that historical Altishahr and Kashgaria were illegally occupied in 1949. For 10 points, name this proposed state that would give Muslim inhabitants of Western China their own country.
The Soviets backed the creation of a state with this name in 1944 as part of the Three Districts Revolution.
East Turkestan [or Uyghurstan; prompt on Kashgaria or Xinjiang or Uyghur homeland]