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SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I suppose the parallels to this being a shitty plagiarized version of “Iraq WMDs” from 20 years ago, conveniently involving a Muslim-majority province of China with known oil reserves above that of Iraq, major BRI routes running through it, deposits of lithium and other minerals, ETIM and ISIS activity (and known US involvement) until 2016, are all purely coincidental then?

Xinjiang was actually largely left behind and destitute until Xi Jinping became chairman in 2013. Widespread poverty and neighbouring Afghanistan under fire from US and UK bombings also didn’t help matters. Since then, according to the Xinjiang White Papers, there is no metric suggesting anything resembling a genocide. Wages, life expectancy, literacy, living standards have all increased. There is plenty of Uyghur culture on display in China, a HSR connects Xinjiang to the rest of China from the city of Urumqi (though a route should be alao extended to Aksu and Kashgar IMO) and they still learn not only their Uyghur language, but Mandarin on top of that, allowing them to better integrate with society at large. I’ve heard people say that Xinjiang has the best food, so there’s also that.

Oh and allegedly, the people in Xinjiang are among the most anti-West in China. If that’s true, gee I can’t imagine why…

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