What would be the motivation behind doing this? Ethnic minorities in China are and always have been exempt from laws like the One Child Policy. It’s called the Xinjiang Autonomous Region because it’s recognized as a nation within a nation, and Uyghurs chiefly govern themselves.
It’s true that there was a period of crackdowns against terroristic forces in the region like ETIM after a series of high profile terroristic attacks in the early 2000s (after the united states began occupying Afghanistan next door), and there was likely some excesses during this period, but repression of an entire people was not the policy.
Religious extremism was identified as coming chiefly due to a lack of economic access, and those who were a part of or committed crimes related to ETIM were sentenced; and while sentenced given the opportunity to learn trade skills. There was a high level of economic investment in the region, leading to a significant reduction in poverty and a corresponding lowering of terroristic activity.
Let’s not forget how the United States and Europe have responded to terror attacks. The United States destroyed Iraq and Syria, killing more than a million civilians in Iraq from an almost total destruction of their government and infrastructure. Right now we see Europe and the US sponsoring the ethnic genocide of Gaza, a genocide of which evidence is easily and readily visible and accessible on any video streaming platform of your choice.
The reality is more complicated than simply a persecuted ethnic minority in communist China. The PRC is not a colonial entity like “Israel”, Uyghurs are citizens of the PRC with recognized special rights and status across the board. I highly highly highly reccomend Li Jingjing’s content on Xinjiang on China, because it aligns very much with my experience while I was in China myself.
What would be the motivation behind doing this? Ethnic minorities in China are and always have been exempt from laws like the One Child Policy. It’s called the Xinjiang Autonomous Region because it’s recognized as a nation within a nation, and Uyghurs chiefly govern themselves.
It’s true that there was a period of crackdowns against terroristic forces in the region like ETIM after a series of high profile terroristic attacks in the early 2000s (after the united states began occupying Afghanistan next door), and there was likely some excesses during this period, but repression of an entire people was not the policy.
Religious extremism was identified as coming chiefly due to a lack of economic access, and those who were a part of or committed crimes related to ETIM were sentenced; and while sentenced given the opportunity to learn trade skills. There was a high level of economic investment in the region, leading to a significant reduction in poverty and a corresponding lowering of terroristic activity.
Let’s not forget how the United States and Europe have responded to terror attacks. The United States destroyed Iraq and Syria, killing more than a million civilians in Iraq from an almost total destruction of their government and infrastructure. Right now we see Europe and the US sponsoring the ethnic genocide of Gaza, a genocide of which evidence is easily and readily visible and accessible on any video streaming platform of your choice.
The reality is more complicated than simply a persecuted ethnic minority in communist China. The PRC is not a colonial entity like “Israel”, Uyghurs are citizens of the PRC with recognized special rights and status across the board. I highly highly highly reccomend Li Jingjing’s content on Xinjiang on China, because it aligns very much with my experience while I was in China myself.