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> Like many outlets, the BBC only recently discovered the plight of of the Uyghur people when it became politically interesting. I guess your google-fu is weak
by evgen 5y ago
> Like many outlets, the BBC only recently discovered the plight of of the Uyghur people when it became politically interesting.
I guess your google-fu is weak. It took me seconds to find BBC reports from 2015-2017 documenting the tension between China and its Uyghur population in Xinjiang and by the fall of 2018 the BBC was regularly reporting on the roundups of Uyghurs and the reports of concentration camps. At what point does this reporting become 'only recently' when placed in comparison to what was publicly known?
- shapefrog 5y agoYes 2018 is recent. Are you really suggesting that the 2015-2017 reporting is the origin of tensions between China and the Uyghurs? How about 2008 and the Olympics - google-fu away and see if in the midst of enhanced coverage of the country due to the presence of a major sporting event such 'issues' were uncovered.
- evgen 5y agoAnyone who knows the area is aware of the centuries of tension there, but the current crackdown and ongoing genecide is a recent event. It is not hard to find random articles discussing this tension for decades (originally spun as a crackdown on 'terrorists' starting in the early 2000s and well before the Olympics) but Xi Jinping significantly ramped things up. What you need to do in order to support your claims is show that there were other news organizations that were doing better at reporting the problem or that there were third parties and NGOs that were making claims supported by evidence.