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Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? If you are really intereste

Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? If you are really interested in China, you should just go somewhere and see for yourself. Media from China and anywhere else in the world are just slanted mirrors. When some Uyghur terrorists hit a train station in southern China and killed innocent civilians, some western media titled them as "terrorist" and implied they were repressed. As for Taiwan, It's still a legacy problem of Chinese civil war, It's really unlikely that China mainland will really do anything about Taiwan, speak of missiles, actually there was a missile missent and crashed by Taiwan towards mainland in recent years.

it_learnses 9y ago
>Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? Wow somebody is drinking the govt koolaid. How about we move you and your family from a "dangerous area" to a safer place and provide you an "education" against your will?
gurkendoktor 9y ago
> Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? I actually agree that the cases of Tibetans and Uyghurs are not as black-and-white as the Western media portraits them, and I'm not sure if I should've brought up Larung Gar. But even your best-case interpretation sounds a lot like the standard justification of colonialism. > If you are really interested in China, you should just go somewhere and see for yourself. Been there twice. The only on-topic anecdote I have is that I went to see the Forbidden City, and a protester undressed and tried to hold up a banner at the same time. The Chinese handling was unlike anything I've seen in other countries: plain-clothed security guards wrapped her up in just seconds and carried her away (I couldn't even decipher her banner), and none of the domestic tourists around us even batted an eye. It was like a glitch in the matrix that everyone collectively pretended didn't happen. Pretty chilling, makes you wonder how many issues go unheard. I'm planning to travel further West next time, but what do you suggest? Should I just stroll into Xinjiang and ask some locals if there's any truth to this organ harvest rumor, then come back to post on HN? That's the job of journalists, and they can't do their job. > As for Taiwan, It's still a legacy problem of Chinese civil war That doesn't really explain why the number of missiles keeps increasing.[1][2] > actually there was a missile missent and crashed by Taiwan Clumsy, sure, but we all know why Taiwan needs to handle these missiles in the first place, and it's not for offense. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/china-on-track-to-aim-2000-missiles-at-taiwan-report-idUSTRE66I13F20100719 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/china-on-tra... [2] http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080434/taiwan-says-mainland-chinese-medium-range-ballistic http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/208...

it_learnses 9y ago

>Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? Wow somebody is drinking the govt koolaid. How about we move you and your family from a "dangerous area" to a safer place and provide you an "education" against your will?

gurkendoktor 9y ago

> Would you say providing public education and moving people from dangerous area to safer places as a way of cleansing their cultures? I actually agree that the cases of Tibetans and Uyghurs are not as black-and-white as the Western media portraits them, and I'm not sure if I should've brought up Larung Gar. But even your best-case interpretation sounds a lot like the standard justification of colonialism. > If you are really interested in China, you should just go somewhere and see for yourself. Been there twice. The only on-topic anecdote I have is that I went to see the Forbidden City, and a protester undressed and tried to hold up a banner at the same time. The Chinese handling was unlike anything I've seen in other countries: plain-clothed security guards wrapped her up in just seconds and carried her away (I couldn't even decipher her banner), and none of the domestic tourists around us even batted an eye. It was like a glitch in the matrix that everyone collectively pretended didn't happen. Pretty chilling, makes you wonder how many issues go unheard. I'm planning to travel further West next time, but what do you suggest? Should I just stroll into Xinjiang and ask some locals if there's any truth to this organ harvest rumor, then come back to post on HN? That's the job of journalists, and they can't do their job. > As for Taiwan, It's still a legacy problem of Chinese civil war That doesn't really explain why the number of missiles keeps increasing.[1][2] > actually there was a missile missent and crashed by Taiwan Clumsy, sure, but we all know why Taiwan needs to handle these missiles in the first place, and it's not for offense. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/china-on-track-to-aim-2000-missiles-at-taiwan-report-idUSTRE66I13F20100719 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/china-on-tra... [2] http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080434/taiwan-says-mainland-chinese-medium-range-ballistic http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/208...