AP News Confirms NO Uyghur Genocide in Xinjiang China
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AP’s recent trip to Xinjiang, China has revealed not only zero evidence of “cultural genocide” but has exposed the lies the Western media (including AP) have...
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
    1•3 years ago

    nteresting how people having more freedoms in Xinjiang is portrayed in a negative light here. I thought western liberalism was all about maximizing personal freedoms. What am I missing here?

    “I’ve been drinking alcohol, I’m a little drunk, but that’s no problem. We can drink as we want now!” he shouted. “We can do what we want! Things are great now!”

    At a nearby store, I notice liquor bottles lining the shelves. In another town, my colleague and I encounter a drunk Uyghur man, passed out by a trash bin in broad daylight. Though many Uyghurs in big cities like Urumqi have long indulged in drinking, such sights were once unimaginable in the pious rural areas of southern Xinjiang.

    On a government sponsored tour, officials took us to meet Mamatjan Ahat, a truck driver, who declared he was back to drinking and smoking because he had recanted religion and extremism after a stint at one of Xinjiang’s infamous “training centers”.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
        0•3 years ago

        I also love the implicit racism in homogenizing Uyghurs as being Muslim, instead of acknowledging that it’s a diverse group of people with different beliefs.

        • @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPM
          0•3 years ago

          The West seems to do really poorly with the general concept of “ethnic Jews/Muslims/etc” and actual followers of those religions. Those are different things and while there may be significant overlap in many cases, correlation does not imply causation in this case.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
            0•3 years ago

            What it ultimately comes down to is that the west only cares about using these people as geopolitical pawns. Their actual beliefs, culture, and needs are completely immaterial. In fact, it’s very convenient for the general public to have a poor understanding of these people because it makes it much easier to make sweeping statements about them.