The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
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Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#2China appears to have done with Uyghurs, and has moved on to next frontier : Mongols.
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#3It stands to reason that had Nazi Germany not attacked its neighbors, the rest of the world would have happily stood by and watched them execute their own Jewish/undesirables population with nothing more than some strongly-worded letters and trade sanctions.
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#4Seeing this stated so clearly and prominently in an influential publication brings me hope.
I am skeptical though that many people, especially those in the position to make influential choices, especially those who have profit tied up with China, will do anything other than see it and nod.
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#5China appears to have done with Uyghurs, and has moved on to next frontier : Mongols.
Oh yes, like that exhibition in France that mentioned Ghengis Khan. Can't have that; it goes against the CCCP narrative of the history of China.
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#6If anything can be considered the canary in the coal mine for a threat to world peace, this is it. Most people alive to day have experienced nothing but an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. It's easy to take it for granted that progress is inevitable, and that wide scale war is a thing of the past. But the CCP's actions against the Uyghurs has shown the world what kind of leader China would be on the world stage. The CCP under the current leadership is the biggest threat to world peace that we've faced in our lifetimes.
We should all be pressing our governments to take every peaceful means we can to curtail the rise of CCP power and influence.
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#7It stands to reason that had Nazi Germany not attacked its neighbors, the rest of the world would have happily stood by and watched them execute their own Jewish/undesirables population with nothing more than some strongly-worded letters and trade sanctions.
Probably true, although in that case at least the non-German victims would have been spared so the scale of the slaughter would have been reduced.
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#8China appears to have done with Uyghurs, and has moved on to next frontier : Mongols.
its Tibet now
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#9Seeing this stated so clearly and prominently in an influential publication brings me hope. I am skeptical though that many people, especially those in the position to make influential choices, especially those who have profit tied up with China, will do anything other than see it and nod.
One possibility is that some economic pressure can be brought to bear by a Biden administration, perhaps in concert with other Western countries.
Edited to add: This statement is political, but the genocide against Uyghurs is political too, and if we want to hold our leaders accountable to doing something about it, we need to acknowledge facts. Trump had previously indicated he wasn't interested in letting such matters interfere with trade talks. https://www.axios.com/trump-uighur-muslims-sanctions-d4dc86f...
Re: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity
#10It's incredibly sad that the world is not doing anything about it. Even if half of the things they say are true - putting anyone in camps for sporting a beard or praying in public, forced prison labour, physical torture, separating new borns and kids from parents in camp, sending kids to brainwashing schools, sexual abuse, organ harvesting etc - it's enough to make anyone feel disgusted at this state of affairs.
But the west won't care because of the ethnicity and religions of the victims just doesn't cause as much outrage as it should because the victims aren't white or christians. I know some of you will outraged at this suggestion but even Hollywood knows this - that's why the in one of the Rambo movies, where he is in Myanmar / Burma, the victims are Christians (instead of highlighting the real victims there, the Rohingya muslims facing persecutions - another genocide that the west prefers to turn a blind eye to).