I ' m so glad to hear that ! I hope you will have a great trip . If you need any tips about bali let me know and I can help you out , I ' ve been there a lot ! <| sep |> I think he does that in order to not get his blogwebsite blocked to hell by the GFW . I imagine JoshFarWestChina , being an Uyghur speaker I believe and having lived in the region for years , would know that things really aren ' t alright . However , he is making an effort to keep the narrative positive regarding the Uyghur side of things , considering the amount of persecution that goes on towards them , across China . His blog wouldn ' t survive long if he talked about the things we ' ve both seen I lived in Southern Xinjiang and wrote my university thesis on UyughurHan Relations since 1949 going on there .