▁recent ▁years ▁due ▁to ▁accus ation ▁of ▁China ' s ▁land ▁grab ▁from ▁T aj ik istan . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁T aj ik ▁Popular ▁Social - D em ocrat ▁Party ▁leader , ▁R akh mat illo ▁Zo iro v , ▁claimed ▁Chinese ▁troops ▁were ▁entering ▁to ▁T aj ik istan ▁deeper ▁than ▁it ▁got ▁from ▁land ▁c eding . ▁ ▁K yr gy z stan ▁K yr gy z stan ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁non - aligned ▁and ▁somewhat ▁positive ▁of ▁China . ▁There ▁are ▁historical ▁gr iev ances , ▁however , ▁such ▁as ▁occupation ▁by ▁Q ing ▁China , ▁eth nic ▁cle ans ing . ▁ ▁A ▁K yr gy z ▁far mer ▁claimed ▁" We ▁always ▁run ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁being ▁colon ized ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese , ", ▁in ▁fear ▁of ▁future ▁being ▁colon ized ▁by ▁China . ▁Meanwhile , ▁same ▁like ▁majority ▁Central ▁Asian ▁nations , ▁K yr gy z ▁people ▁mostly ▁sympath ize ▁with ▁U yg h ur ▁separ at ism ▁in ▁China , ▁further ▁complicated ▁relations . ▁ ▁Within ▁main land ▁China ▁ ▁X in ji ang ▁ ▁After ▁China ▁inv aded ▁X in ji ang ▁under ▁Ma o ▁Z ed ong ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁P RC ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁considerable ▁eth nic ▁t ensions ▁ar ising ▁between ▁the ▁Han ▁Chinese ▁and ▁Turk ic ▁Muslim ▁U yg h urs . ▁This ▁manif ested ▁itself ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁Gh ul ja ▁incident , ▁the