It's unfortunate that the CCP feels the need to commit such atrocities to preserve their rule and stability over the region. A more appropriate government for one with such cultural and regional diversity as China would be a federated one where minorities and ethnically distinct regions see representation at the highest levels of government, and this representation should lead to stronger rule and stability without the need for such violence. Furthermore, doing so should strongly dampen the nationalist desires of these regions. But of course, the CCP is ideologically opposed to self-representation.
"But of course, the CCP is ideologically opposed to self-representation."
Don't think it's to do with ideology, just desire of a small cabal of people to have absolute power and control over a country and everyone who lives in it.
Coincidentally, I watched this vice news documentary earlier today that shows the current situation in China: https://youtu.be/v7AYyUqrMuQ through undercover reporting.
This is so unreal. Resembles so closely the novels we read in high school. The Giver and Nineteen Eighty-Four come to mind. Prisoners feeding rehearsed lines to the media about 'enjoying' their incarceration.
Like the US's neverending war on terror, "extremism" here is a handy excuse to commit atrocities. It's no argument to justify this level and scale of human rights abuse.
I was surprised it was flagged but per the HN guidelines[0] "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon"
This surely counts as politics, hence the flag. But also something new and vile, and facilitated by tech. And there's been enough of carefully looking the other way this century and last; we know the consequences.
Kind reminds me how un-Interneted Chinese people categorize things:
- Say China did something bad: "That's political and with intention to 'slander' China, so we shouldn't talk about that"
- Supreme leader changed the national constitution so he can basically be a emperor: "Oh that's an internal adjustment of power, and btw we shouldn't talk about that"
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[ 1.2 ms ] story [ 46.0 ms ] threadDon't think it's to do with ideology, just desire of a small cabal of people to have absolute power and control over a country and everyone who lives in it.
The ideology is a pretext.
Like the US's neverending war on terror, "extremism" here is a handy excuse to commit atrocities. It's no argument to justify this level and scale of human rights abuse.
Terrifying stuff, it literally is straight out of a black mirror episode.
This surely counts as politics, hence the flag. But also something new and vile, and facilitated by tech. And there's been enough of carefully looking the other way this century and last; we know the consequences.
[0] <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>
- Say China did something bad: "That's political and with intention to 'slander' China, so we shouldn't talk about that"
- Supreme leader changed the national constitution so he can basically be a emperor: "Oh that's an internal adjustment of power, and btw we shouldn't talk about that"
> the evidence points to a parallel campaign to systematically remove children from their roots
IIRC other countries inc. the UK (I'm a brit) did similar for the same reasons. It wasn't ok then and it isn't ok now.
Posts about Xinjiang/China are being flagged by users. There's another post about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20337797
Can moderators do something about this censorship?