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Oh come on. They’re attempting to “re-educate” a culture out of existence, to prevent the transmission of a language, a religion and an identity, a culture and

Oh come on. They’re attempting to “re-educate” a culture out of existence, to prevent the transmission of a language, a religion and an identity, a culture and using the most brutal methods to do so but there are no plans to kill everyone. It’s quite evil enough without trivialising actual attempts at genocide, like in Rwanda, WWII or the Dzhungar genocide. This is an attempt at cultural erasure, not a full blown plan to kill everyone of a particular ethnicity. The PRC party-state will gladly take any Uyghur who will cast off their culture and treat them as a loyal citizen.

SOMEONEISWRONG 8y ago
The PRC party-state will gladly take any Uyghur who will cast off their culture and treat them as a loyal citizen. IIRC, that was the sole purpose of Room 101- to make people "love" their country / governing body.
5trokerac3 8y ago
They're smart enough to do essentially the same thing, but in a "soft" manner: overwhelm the area with Han Chinese and make it as difficult as possible for the local population to thrive, turning the once majority ethnic group into a almost non-existent minority over many generations (they've also done this in Tibet). The Chinese are calculating their empiric efforts over centuries. It's one of the "benefits" of a totalitarian regime.
- learc83 8y ago
  Like Tibet they been encouraging Han Chinese to move to Xinjiang for decades. But now that they are putting many of the native Uyghur population in camps, their attempts at tightening their grip on the povince seem to be accelerating.
adventured 8y ago
> The PRC party-state will gladly take any Uyghur who will cast off their culture and treat them as a loyal citizen. If you are Uyghur, you are permanently stamped by it. They will track and watch you with suspicion forever. It will specifically limit your opportunities, the life that is available to you. And since your friends and family are likely Uyghur, in the minds of the authorities that provides all the more reason to be suspicious of you.

SOMEONEISWRONG 8y ago

The PRC party-state will gladly take any Uyghur who will cast off their culture and treat them as a loyal citizen. IIRC, that was the sole purpose of Room 101- to make people "love" their country / governing body.

5trokerac3 8y ago

They're smart enough to do essentially the same thing, but in a "soft" manner: overwhelm the area with Han Chinese and make it as difficult as possible for the local population to thrive, turning the once majority ethnic group into a almost non-existent minority over many generations (they've also done this in Tibet). The Chinese are calculating their empiric efforts over centuries. It's one of the "benefits" of a totalitarian regime.

learc83 8y ago
Like Tibet they been encouraging Han Chinese to move to Xinjiang for decades. But now that they are putting many of the native Uyghur population in camps, their attempts at tightening their grip on the povince seem to be accelerating.

adventured 8y ago

> The PRC party-state will gladly take any Uyghur who will cast off their culture and treat them as a loyal citizen. If you are Uyghur, you are permanently stamped by it. They will track and watch you with suspicion forever. It will specifically limit your opportunities, the life that is available to you. And since your friends and family are likely Uyghur, in the minds of the authorities that provides all the more reason to be suspicious of you.