But let’s contrast this terrorist act with the one recently occurred in XinJiang, China for a moment.

In China, extremist Muslims killed over 100 ethnic Hans because they are sick of what they perceived as discriminations against them by the Hans.

In Indonesia, extremist Muslims killed over 8 foreign expats because they are sick of what they perceived as discriminations against them by foreigners.

In the western media, the extremist Muslims in China are labeled as “freedom fighters”, the “oppressed”, the “discriminated”, etc. The extremist Muslims in Indonesia are called simply “Terrorists”.

The western media immediately went on to examine and support the independence movement demanded by the Uighur extremists. The western media hardly ever mentions the East Timor independence movement anymore.

The main difference between the two events?

In one event most of the dead were Han Chinese, in the other event most of the dead were expats.