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[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world -4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Are the uyghurs secretly huge capitalists or something? I'm capable of disliking both US genocides and Chinese genocides at the same time

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago

You also going to start ranting about white genocide in South Africa?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 17 hours ago

One is a genocide while the other was created by the Mighty Wurlitzer, which almost everyone fell for yet again. Previously.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 19 points 20 hours ago

No, China is not commiting genocide. Uyghurs aren't capitalists, but the west did fund and arm seperatist groups in Xinjiang to undermine the development of the Belt and Road Initiative. The best and most comprehensive resource I have seen so far is Qiao Collective's Xinjiang: A Resource and Report Compilation. Qiao Collective is explicitly pro-PRC, but this is an extremely comprehensive write-up of the entire background of the events, the timeline of reports, and real and fake claims.

I also recommend reading the UN report and China's response to it. These are the most relevant accusations and responses without delving into straight up fantasy like Adrian Zenz, professional propagandist for the Victims of Communism Foundation, does.

Tourists do go to Xinjiang all the time as well. You can watch videos like this one on YouTube, though it obviously isn't going to be a comprehensive view of a complex situation like this. Even with all of the real complexities, though, nothing material measures up to claims of genocide.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Interesting, I'm not sure I fully believe what either side is saying but it does sound believable that what's going on is being exaggerated.

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 14 points 18 hours ago

Hey, cool that you're questioning it tbh, thanks for considering the possibility that western mass media lies about the "Uyghur genocide" in opposite to how they lie about the Palestinian genocide

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 19 hours ago

Feel free to dig in yourself, serious claims require serious investigation.

[-] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 14 points 20 hours ago

You should learn to spell "Uyghur" before trying to do your concern trolling.

You are capable of disliking both real genocides (Gaza) and western manufactured genocide disinformation (Xinjiang)?

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