The UN didn’t find “nothing,” they found a concerning set of laws and practices that didn’t rise to the UN’s (admittedly broad) definition of genocide. Fwiw, though, the US’s treatment of black people also doesn’t rise to the UN’s standard of genocide, so it doesn’t mean everything is squeaky clean over there.
Yep. Ironically all the US propaganda has made it hard to discuss what’s actually happening there because in my experience the second you say “it doesn’t meet the definition of a genocide”, people’s brains shut down and they accuse you of defending China and denying genocide.
The UN didn’t find “nothing,” they found a concerning set of laws and practices that didn’t rise to the UN’s (admittedly broad) definition of genocide. Fwiw, though, the US’s treatment of black people also doesn’t rise to the UN’s standard of genocide, so it doesn’t mean everything is squeaky clean over there.
Yep. Ironically all the US propaganda has made it hard to discuss what’s actually happening there because in my experience the second you say “it doesn’t meet the definition of a genocide”, people’s brains shut down and they accuse you of defending China and denying genocide.
I need to read more on the situation. Do you have a recommendation?
UN report PDF
Text of the Xinjiang anti-extremism law
Thank you 🙏