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As I said, a Chinese style cultural genocide. Stealing the women, locking up the men, taking their jobs and scarce resources, banning religion -- what could go
by angry_octet 8y ago
As I said, a Chinese style cultural genocide. Stealing the women, locking up the men, taking their jobs and scarce resources, banning religion -- what could go wrong?
But it now has aspects more familiar from the Cultural Revolution, like re-education camps, sending the cadres out to enforce correct thought (this time readings of Xi instead of Mao!). Though there seems to be little zeal in the cadres, and the Han population of Zinjiang sticks to their heavily patrolled enclaves in the north.
It is curious when you consider that both Hu and Xi were victims of the Cultural Revolution:
https://www.thoughtco.com/hu-jintao-195670 https://www.thoughtco.com/hu-jintao-195670
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-17/why-maos-cultural-revolution-still-haunts-xi-jinpings-china/9047782 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-17/why-maos-cultural-rev...
- chaostheory 8y agoFor the record you only mentioned ethnic cleansing in your original comment and nothing about cultural genocide until now. Let me be really clear - what they’re doing is both wrong & terrible - I don’t disagree with anyone on that, but specific words mean something. This is HN and not reddit. Ethnic cleansing is not the same thing as cultural or reverse genocide. Ethnic cleansing is much worse and it involves stuff like gas chambers instead of re-education camps. Don’t mistake my attempt at providing more info about the subject as condoning it. Also I think you mixed up my comment with someone else’s. I did not mention either Hu or Xi