White paper: There has never been an 'East Turkistan' state

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has never been a state called "East Turkistan" so the separatist forces' attempts to incite the Uygurs seeking independence in the name of "East Turkistan" is just a political move to split China, according to a white paper released on Sunday.

The State Council Information Office issued the white paper on historical matters concerning Xinjiang.

In more recent times, hostile forces in and outside of China, especially separatists, religious extremists and terrorists, have tried to split China and break it apart by distorting history and facts, according to the white paper.