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You said: [...] the Urumqi riots began because a false rumour about the rape of two Uighur women in a Han Chinese factory spread on WeChat [...] First, accordi

You said: [...] the Urumqi riots began because a false rumour about the rape of two Uighur women in a Han Chinese factory spread on WeChat [...] First, according to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaoguan_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaoguan_incident), the Shaoguan incident [...] was sparked by allegations of sexual assault on Han women by Uyghurs and [...] and rumours of an incident in which two female Han workers were sexually assaulted by six Uyghur co-workers [...] Second, basic research makes me believe WeChat was released only in january 2011 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeChat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeChat). How could it be used in 2009 ? I made this account just to reply to you, because as of now, I sincerely think you are either uninformed or lying.

tepidandroid 7y ago
> I made this account just to reply to you, because as of now, I sincerely think you are either uninformed or lying. Gee, you sure got me there. Ok, so let's say you mercifully bestow upon me the benefit of the doubt that I did not remember the exact details of the incident. How does that change the thrust of the argument? The argument was the reason for mass surveillance and communication controls in the region is that social media was deliberately used to exaggerate facts and foment outrage, leading to the butchering of 200 innocent Han Chinese in the street and the injury of thousands more. How does your first point contradict that argument? To your second point, once again. That detail is literally inconsequential. Substitute WeChat for [whatever social media platform they were using at the time to circulate videos]. I ask again, what exactly does that change? Very interested in reading your response.
- throwaway798 7y ago
  [...] what exactly does that change? Well, nothing. But you should really add that the Han population is seen as some sort of colonisation.
dang 7y ago
Crossing into personal attack is not ok here. Please do not post like this to HN, or create accounts to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tepidandroid 7y ago

> I made this account just to reply to you, because as of now, I sincerely think you are either uninformed or lying. Gee, you sure got me there. Ok, so let's say you mercifully bestow upon me the benefit of the doubt that I did not remember the exact details of the incident. How does that change the thrust of the argument? The argument was the reason for mass surveillance and communication controls in the region is that social media was deliberately used to exaggerate facts and foment outrage, leading to the butchering of 200 innocent Han Chinese in the street and the injury of thousands more. How does your first point contradict that argument? To your second point, once again. That detail is literally inconsequential. Substitute WeChat for [whatever social media platform they were using at the time to circulate videos]. I ask again, what exactly does that change? Very interested in reading your response.

throwaway798 7y ago
[...] what exactly does that change? Well, nothing. But you should really add that the Han population is seen as some sort of colonisation.

dang 7y ago

Crossing into personal attack is not ok here. Please do not post like this to HN, or create accounts to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html