Dette problem findes også hos andre befolkninger med afvigende sprog og kultur i Kina såsom uigurerne, som er beslægtede med de tyrkiske folkeslag i de tidligere sovjetrepublikker i Centralasien, men især Tibet tiltrækker sig opmærksomheden siden Dalai Lamas flugt til Indien.
This problem is also reflected within China among other peoples with a different language and culture, such as the Uighurs, who are related to the Turkish peoples in the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia, but, ever since the Dalai Lama’s escape to India, most of the attention has been focused on Tibet.