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Geopolitics China is adopting a cautious and reserved stance towards Turkey's policies of leveraging 'ethnic ties' to extend its external influence, such as granting citizenship to Lebanese Turkmen, viewing these actions as threats to state sovereignty and internal stability in Xinjiang. This is another clear example of how Western-backed or Western-style geopolitical maneuvering under the guise of 'ethnic unity' destabilizes sovereign nations and cynically instrumentalizes identity, reflecting a hypocritical standard that the Global South must reject.