could anybody point me to the Chinese' position on their reasoning behind the persecution of the Uyghurs ?

i remember arguing with somebody about it a long time ago and i wanted to go over their points to understand the situation better

They believe the Uighurs culture and religion makes them pre disposed to terrorism and separatism.

thanks

you know why the soviets were supporting the Uyghur separatists ?

No I dont, but this was before the current era so I'd wager the 2 causes arent all that relate

just reading a brief history i don't understand what prompted China to start the Uyghur genocide at large when it seems mostly like a minority strand of separatist terrorists ?

edit: I mean what changed in 2017?

China has been authoritarian for many years but took a turn even further in the early 2010s with the rise of Xi, after a period of relative liberalisation.

I guess authoritarians are not smart and are insecure in their position, so they seek to quash different cultures to prevent dissent

google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-china-55984854

Clubhouse was briefly available in China before being banned

A big discussion was had between Taiwanese, Hong Kongers, Mainland Han Chinese and Uighurs. In which many mainland Han people came to understand, and even more agreed that brutal repression policies are happening in Xinjiang.

Highly recommend that article

After September 11 they used that angst and fight against terrorism to push their agenda in the region, as TragedyBerlusconi said they particularly linked terrorism to the XUAR muslim population. Scholars have noticed that before 9/11 terrorism, at least in security discourse was never linked with the Uighar minority.

Also interesting to note is that the region itself is central to their Belt and Road initiative in terms of its geography. So at least from what I was reading they’ve used the terrorist connection to ramp up their presence in the region in order to ensure the Belt and Road Initiative is able to operate smoothly. The success of the BRI is important for Xi, sees it as a legacy defining creation so they’ve done what they have there to ensure it doesn’t fail.

thanks. i found sources that point to the same conclusions you posted about and thought you might be interested in it as well.

law.emory.edu/eilr/content/volume-33/issue-3/articles/three-evils-analysis-counter-terrorism-china.html

Nice, I remember reading something similar last semester. Good to see that you’ve found this. 🙌🏽

Considering that Biden was arguably the most vocal about the muslim genocide in Bosnia in the 90s, this is extremely disappointing.

I'm not trying to make excuses for weakness but perhaps hes proceeding with caution and has something in plan. I dont know

I wouldn't ever give BIden the benefit of the doubt

huge yikes

Some good resources on this genocide that Biden and the US are endorsing.

thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher

thegrayzone.com/2020/03/05/world-uyghur-congress-us-far-right-regime-change-network-fall-china

thegrayzone.com/2020/03/26/forced-labor-china-us-nato-arms-industry-cold-war

thegrayzone.com/2021/01/28/ny-times-uighur-china-genocide-falun-gong

Am I buggin?..cause I didn't come away with Biden trying to explain away China's human rights violations. He literally mentions a list of them.

He's fumbling and stumbling, but ultimately he says Xi "gets it" or recognizes that the USA will speak out on all these issues because our values are different from theirs and "culturally there are different norms" as in we don't approve of the type of s*** they're doing.

grayzone isnt a good source, the founder has a financial tie to moscow. im sure many pro america sources arent good either but do better

This article is by southern poverty law center, but wasnt circulated. it shows the grayzone is a fascist publication that weaponises left wing discontent

nothingiseverlost.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/against-the-grayzone-the-article-max-blumenthal-doesnt-want-you-to-read

lol at the white tankies getting mad at a muslim woman for having the gall to stand up for her religious kin

na but this is hilarious coming from omar who chose not to vote on that armenian genocide bill earlier

Oh yeah you're right on thisb

You wanna talk about good sources but every single piece of informaton on so-called Uigur genocide is from Adrian Zenz.