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This recent article by the Gatestone Institute concerned me, and, if factual, is likely to be of concern to both sides of the political spectrum in North America. Some excerpts:
The article goes on to discuss why "many in China, including officials, 'believe themselves to be categorically different from and impliedly superior to the rest of the humankind,'" (ibid.), and "Chinese officials think of Africans as both objects of derision and subhuman" (ibid.).
It provides references for its major claims, but from obscure sources in many cases.
What I'd like to know is: Is this issue well known on this forum, and has there ever been an examination into the veracity of these claims? Is there any coverage from mainstream news sources, and would it tend to support or refute the facts as supplied by Gatestone?
I'm looking for analysis and corroboration/refutation. Comments such as "I don't trust anything by...", etc., while admirably terse, need not apply.
(Please note that my presence here may be sporadic [once or twice per day], but that I am diligent in reading and responding to anything written, regardless of length.)
More than a million people, for no reason other than their ethnicity or religion, are held in concentration camps in what Beijing calls the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and what traditional inhabitants of the area, the Uighurs, say is East Turkestan. In addition to Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs are also held in these facilities.
Families in this troubled area, shown on maps as the northwestern portion of the People's Republic of China, are being torn apart. The children of imprisoned Uighur and Kazakh parents are "confined" to "schools" that are separated from the outside by barbed wire and heavy police patrols. They are denied instruction in their own language, forced to learn Mandarin Chinese. The controls are part of a so-called "Hanification" policy, a program of forced assimilation. "Han" is the name of China's dominant ethnic group.
Because Uighurs and Kazakhs are dying in the camps in considerable numbers, Beijing is building crematoria to eradicate burial traditions while disposing of corpses.
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At the same time, Beijing is renewing its attempt to eliminate religion country-wide. Christians have come under even greater attack across China, as have Buddhists. China's ruler, Xi Jinping, demands that the five recognized religions — official recognition is a control mechanism — "Sinicize." The Chinese, as a part of this ruthless and relentless effort, are destroying mosques and churches, forcing devout Muslims to drink alcohol and eat pork, inserting Han officials to live in Muslim homes, and ending religious instruction for minors.
These attempts, which have antecedents in Chinese history, have been intensified since Xi became the Communist Party's general secretary in November 2012.
At the same time, Xi, far more than his predecessors, has been promoting the concept of a world order ruled by only one sovereign, a Chinese one.
Families in this troubled area, shown on maps as the northwestern portion of the People's Republic of China, are being torn apart. The children of imprisoned Uighur and Kazakh parents are "confined" to "schools" that are separated from the outside by barbed wire and heavy police patrols. They are denied instruction in their own language, forced to learn Mandarin Chinese. The controls are part of a so-called "Hanification" policy, a program of forced assimilation. "Han" is the name of China's dominant ethnic group.
Because Uighurs and Kazakhs are dying in the camps in considerable numbers, Beijing is building crematoria to eradicate burial traditions while disposing of corpses.
...
At the same time, Beijing is renewing its attempt to eliminate religion country-wide. Christians have come under even greater attack across China, as have Buddhists. China's ruler, Xi Jinping, demands that the five recognized religions — official recognition is a control mechanism — "Sinicize." The Chinese, as a part of this ruthless and relentless effort, are destroying mosques and churches, forcing devout Muslims to drink alcohol and eat pork, inserting Han officials to live in Muslim homes, and ending religious instruction for minors.
These attempts, which have antecedents in Chinese history, have been intensified since Xi became the Communist Party's general secretary in November 2012.
At the same time, Xi, far more than his predecessors, has been promoting the concept of a world order ruled by only one sovereign, a Chinese one.
The article goes on to discuss why "many in China, including officials, 'believe themselves to be categorically different from and impliedly superior to the rest of the humankind,'" (ibid.), and "Chinese officials think of Africans as both objects of derision and subhuman" (ibid.).
It provides references for its major claims, but from obscure sources in many cases.
What I'd like to know is: Is this issue well known on this forum, and has there ever been an examination into the veracity of these claims? Is there any coverage from mainstream news sources, and would it tend to support or refute the facts as supplied by Gatestone?
I'm looking for analysis and corroboration/refutation. Comments such as "I don't trust anything by...", etc., while admirably terse, need not apply.
(Please note that my presence here may be sporadic [once or twice per day], but that I am diligent in reading and responding to anything written, regardless of length.)