https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1362136748621463552

    • DeepPoliSci [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      China is literally separating families though.

      What is the evidence for this? Even the BBC's coverage of the vocational school highlighted the fact that attendants at the schools went home at night. Are you saying Uighurs can't bring their children to class?

      • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Many of those reeducation camps have dorms where inmates live. Meanwhile, their children are put in boarding schools. Uighurs who move abroad have their children placed in orphaniches.

        If you're not familiar with these practices, you clearly have not been paying attention. I'm not discussing this with you further. Educate yourself first.

          • Yun [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I mean, Zenz being the author in and of itself doesn't prove this isn't happening to be fair.

            The guardian article I found on the matter does indeed cite this Zenz article though lol: https://adrianzenz.medium.com/story-45d07b25bcad

            Zenz cites spreadsheets from a "cache of over 25000 files from different government departments" which contain numbers on children in "difficult circumstances".

            Honestly I'm inclined to believe him in this case considering how relatively common boarding schools seem to be in China and CGTN even made a video about them. That being said, I was under the impression they could still keep in touch with each over remotely based on the CGTN video and also on some supposedly leaked documents I saw a while ago: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6558510-China-Cables-Telegram-English.html

            1. Family education. Through letter writing, phone calls, video chats, visits, meetings, meals, etc., establish a mechanism for students and relatives to interact with each other, to ensure that the students will have a phone conversation with their relatives at least once a week, and meet via video at least once a month, to make their family feel at ease and the students feel safe.
            • bark [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Honestly I’m inclined to believe him in this case considering how relatively common boarding schools seem to be in China

              That's a really effective way to make propaganda.

              Boarding schools become forced and as evil as residential schools. Programs to bring in temporary labourers for seasonal work become slaves picking cotton.

          • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            It's not my job to dig through the internet for years old articles on your behalf.

            As I said, if you haven't at least seen these allegations before, you're not paying attention and you're not worth talking to.