Editing State terrorism (section)

===China===
{{See also|Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries|Mass killings of landlords under Mao Zedong|Cultural Revolution|Persecution of Uyghurs in China}}

The [[Uyghur American Association]] has claimed that Beijing's approach to terrorism in Xinjiang constitutes state terrorism.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36718304.pdf|title=Constituting the Uyghur in U.S.–China Relations: The Geopolitics of Identity Formation in the War on Terrorism|date=2 September 2002|journal=[[Strategic Insights]]|volume=1|issue=7|author=Gaye Christoffersen|access-date=9 May 2020|page=7|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009011541/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36718304.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, a Spanish court opened an investigation into claims that the Chinese state was committing acts of state terrorism in [[Tibet]]. However, the investigation was dropped in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-06-07|title=China rejects Spain's 'genocide' claims|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-rejects-spains-genocide-claims-481351.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-rejects-spains-genocide-claims-481351.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-04|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-06-24 |title=Spain drops 'genocide' case against China's Tibet leaders |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28000937 |access-date=2023-05-14 |archive-date=2023-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514155833/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28000937 |url-status=live }}</ref>