Götterdämmerung
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Just because the han dynasty controlled the area doesn't mean its theirs. The Han dynasty got the land from the original indo european locals so essentially it doesn't belong to china rather it belongs to the original indo european localls who mixed with the turkic people in the area and today these people are called uigurs. The locals speak a turkic language so it is obvious who the area belongs to.
Usually, the one who controls the area, in this case a legitimate dynasty and government of imperial China, one can say it's their land and the people, regardless of what ethnic they are, are subjects of that government.
In Xinjiang, the people not only speak a turkic language but also other languages from Mongolian to Manchurian to Han. They, too, have been there for centuries if not even longer than the Turks and the land also belongs to them.
One think I know is that the Kazakhs hate the Uigures.