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Rapid sinicization efforts in Tibet & XJ will probably be wildly "successful". There is increasing demand for models that can rapidly integrate minorities globa
by dirtyid 5y ago
Rapid sinicization efforts in Tibet & XJ will probably be wildly "successful". There is increasing demand for models that can rapidly integrate minorities globally. The Tibet template will be emulated, but _poorly_ around the world. Emphasis on "poorly", the cost of propping up of restive regions and TINY* minorities with massive infrastructure, a variety of subsidies to artificially inflate GDP and drive up living standards and quell dissent with combination of political works and ubiquitous surveillance is not one that can be replicated or sustained by most interested parties. Most will stop at ubiquitous surveillance state, with technology likely sourced from PRC vendors who already use XJ/Tibet as advertising campaigns. It's also going to make west model look foolish in 15 years when new integrated generations in Tibet / XJ live fairly normal lives in well developed cities. I don't imagine minorities right in the west will make substantial headway despite all the free speech discussions. The gulf between performance vs performative systems is becoming increasingly self-evident.
[*] Very few countries are as homogenized as PRC with only 8% minorities, of which realistically less than 1% will be subject to heavy sinicization efforts. Diverting disproportionate national resources to integrate restive frontier regions is not prohibitive at PRC scale. This model simply doesn't work for countries with 10/20/30+% minorities that must all be integrated simultaneously. So ironically it will work best in increasingly nativist wealthy countries that rely on managable amounts of immigration.
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