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China is violating fundamental human rights of over a billion people - both Chinese nationals and others abroad who can't speak negatively of China out of fear

China is violating fundamental human rights of over a billion people - both Chinese nationals and others abroad who can't speak negatively of China out of fear of repression - on a daily basis due to its heavy curb on freedom of expression. Whatever restrictions western democracies have on expression cannot even begin to approach China's. China's stance on freedom is a calamity and the magnitude and impact of its state policies is one of the great tragedies in human history. [1] https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/freedom-expression-fundamental-human-right https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/freedom-expression-f...

maerF0x0 5y ago
+1 And it's worth noting that the CCP* is still actively pursuing these repressions, increasing it's extent, and unapologetic for it. Versus, for example, Steven Harper as Prime Minister of Canada in 2008 made an apology to indigenous people for the residential school program and established the TRC to progress to reconciliation. This is a world of difference than a 2021 report of torture and sexual assault of Uyghurs[1]. I think the most damning part to western cultures is just that we were willing to go to war over this happening to Jewish people, but not willing to do it over Uyghur people. *: (i'm careful to not say Chinese, because there's a collision with race and this is not a genetic thing, there is actually many good aspects of long standing Chinese culture!) [1]: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/china/xinjiang-detective-torture-intl-hnk-dst/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/china/xinjiang-detective-tort...