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I'm sure if we try hard, like really really hard, we could also find something nice in the USA. China plants trees and ushers green energy, USA... well... I'm sure there is something. Moon program for example...
The USA was one of the first countries to ever do a green belt, China isn’t necessarily copying the USA but they are definitely building off the body of work that occurred before.
China is also committing a genocide on the Uyghurs.
USA is starting its own ethnic cleansing.
Everyone sucks.
So just celebrate the little good we do have.
I really don't think China is committing a genocide on the Uyghurs, the story just doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Thanks for your contribution, the world largely disagrees but neat!
FTFY
This is from 2019, but is one of the few articles I found actually listing countries, instead of just saying "51 UN member states" with no further detail. Do take a look at the respective lists. No conclusions are drawn, but it's interesting nonetheless: https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/which-countries-are-for-or-against-chinas-xinjiang-policies/
Here's the Amnesty International report if you want to give it a bit more scrutiny. I think it's China's attempts to discredit it that don't hold up to scrutiny:
www.amnesty.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Amnesty-International_China-Report_FINAL.pdf
Here's another thing I noticed. A little farther down, it mentions they interviewed "dozens" of people, and that this represents a significant portion of all available testimonial evidence available. Of course they attribute this to the Chinese government trying to keep information from getting out.
Here's the thing: there's absolutely no way they could be that successful in keeping this hidden. Just look at Gaza. It's tiny, literally walled in, and israel all the best tech for oppression and surveillance (it's like their whole thing) plus the infinite money glitch via the USA. And still, we have countless videos of the horrors perpetrated against Palestinians. Xinjiang is HUGE, and there are something like 10 million Uyghurs. Stuff would absolutely get out.
So right off the bat, the executive summary goes
So this "terrorism" did actually happen, I'm not sure why it's in quotes, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2014_%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi_attack
Note the reference at the top to another incident only one month earlier. Unfortunately there were several more.
This tone certainly suggests a foregone conclusion, but anyway. It goes on to describe various abuses, do they amount to genocide? They sure wouldn't if israel was the perpetrator, but I guess when it's China we can throw around the G word no problem. Perhaps I can give it more scrutiny later, gotta work now.
Yeah I asked Winnie, he said it's fake news and docked me -300 social credit for asking, case closed