• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    18 days ago

    It runs counter to the genocide—“cultural” or otherwise—narrative, and counter to the “Han supremacy” narrative. The Uyghur people and other minority groups were excepted from China’s One-Child policy, and as a result the Uyghur population in Xinjiang has grown in proportion to the Han population. The Uyghur languages and religious* practices are protected and financially supported, not suppressed. People can go to Xinjiang and see for themselves. They can see & hear the languages in use and visit the mosques.


    *The CPC is officially atheist, but their general policy on religion is tolerance, and an expectation that religions will eventually wither away on their own.