ephone... I strongly doubt that you are chinese...
you talk like a westerner... moderate fanatic are terms thrown by the west... not china...
china can be our ally... but it will come with conditions too... we will not tolerate chinese oppression of their muslim population... you remember that...
I am 100% Chinese who is educated both in China and US. I have college as well as high school classmates who are Muslim. Since they are also Chinese Muslim who live at the east side, they are much more moderate Muslim. Except their traditions as well as food preparations, there is nothing difference from what they wear. If they do not mention they are Muslim, I won't even know that.
Regarding to "Chinese (government) oppression of its muslim population", it depends what you mean by that. Muslim Chinese are given plenty of rights, actually more than we Han Chinese. Indeed all minority in China enjoy more rights than we Han majority Chinese.
However, there are indeed unrests in Northwest China, especially by Uighur minority and some Hui minority in NingXia as well. China government indeed has iron hand over those separatists/extremists/terrorists. I hope you do not think such as oppression of Muslim Chinese.
In addition, I do not think Chinese government will allow Chinese Muslim act the same as Muslim in Islam countries. For example, there is no way they can marry four wives. If they do that, they will go to prison. Our law will not allow that. In addition, if a Muslim wants to convert to another religion, we will definitely not allow any honor killing or any criminal action against him/her. Muslim Chinese cannot use Quran to interfere any government affairs as well as other family's affairs and etc.
There are a lot of limitation by our national laws. It not only applies to Muslim Chinese but to Christian Chinese, Buddhist Chinese, Taoist Chinese or any religious Chinese or any atheist Chinese.
So Quran like Bible or any religious books, has to be below our Law. Nothing can challenge our Law and Constitution.
Those Uighurs who are interested in setting up an Islam republic in our western region and have tried many times since Qing Dynasty, Some Hui Muslim in NingXia have tried as well. Many Han Chinese were massacred by them. Of course, their criminal acts have been severely punished. Even when Communist Army liberated NingXia and XinJiang, there are some attempts by them again. The latest are during 90s as well as two or three years ago. The army won't hesitate one second to put them down once for all.
China has to be a secular country and nothing can change that. We will put down anyone who want to challenge that.
That is why we are pretty aware to the outside influence except those from Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. Many of those Uighur terrorists even were trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan. I suppose our government has cooperated with your government to get rid of them.
However, we are indeed worried that if those Mullahs take the power of either country or both countries. It will be something way different in the future.