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• Zink@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Your first link describes how well they treated their captives. They are practically saints!

  The U.S. State Department’s Office of the Legal Advisor concluded earlier this year that China’s mass imprisonment and forced labor of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity—but there was insufficient evidence to prove genocide

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  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You do realize the US has the biggest prison population (also used for forced labor) in the entire world?

    I would take the claims with a grain of salt. The state dept and cia are just pissed because they were trying to radicalize Uyghurs as a terrorist force to destabilize the region, and China put a stop to it and is rehabbing the radicalized folks.

    x.com/Heresyour2dolla/status/1237106293585915916?…

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You do realize the US has the biggest prison population (also used for forced labor) in the entire world?

      Textbook whataboutism. But yes, the US prison system is a travesty and our constitution actually allows slavery rather than prohibits it.

      Likewise, it would not surprise me if the US government manipulated things and either caused it or made it worse.

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      • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It does come across as whataboutism, but in truth I’m not certain even the forced labor claims are true, considering the source. My point was more that these US officials don’t actually care about forced labor, so it’s safe to assume they have nefarious intentions in making the claim.

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