I'd like to hear different perspectives. From what I've been hearing, it's not as bad as the media claims, but it's still a human rights violation. Thoughts?

  • spectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The other post summarizes the facts (or at least "what we know") nicely, but as far as opinions, I guess it's somewhere between "well they can't just let ISIS fester in remote rural areas of the country" and "this kinda borders on religious persecution, and surely crosses the line in practice, no matter what Xi is saying publicly".

    As someone who is neither a CPC member nor a Chinese citizen, I don have much more to contribute to the discussion since they're gonna do what they're gonna do no matter what I have to say about it, but I'm not going to carry any water for the US State Department.

    I'm not really convinced that China is going to be able to steer back towards socialism, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. There definitely doesn't seem to be anything if a revolutionary nature happening there currently. Nevertheless, when Chinese interests clash with western capitalist interests, I'm willing to offer critical support. When Chinese interests clash with those of it's workers (as they often do under the current system), I will support the workers, of course.