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Once again, Tankies being genocidal denialists so here is a mini-thread of Xinjiang http://chuangcn.org/journal/two/spirit-breaking/ https://twitter.com/p_chardo/status/1276319385767096320

https://daikon.co.uk/blog/we-have-not-heard-from-my-baba-jaans-relatives-in-kashgar-for-almost-two-years-now

We have not heard from my Baba-jaan’s relatives in Kashgar for almost two years now.

The work of resistance and dismantling all systems of oppression is messy. We cannot dispose of people whose lived experiences do not match up to our ideological assumptions and projections.

https://daikon.co.uk/blog/we-have-not-heard-from-my-baba-jaans-relatives-in-kashgar-for-almost-two-years-now

Here is an article debunking a bunch of claims by the Grayzone propagandists https://chinalawandpolicy.com/2020/01/05/when-journalism-is-not-journalism-the-grayzones-faulty-analysis-of-what-is-happening-in-xinjiang/

When Journalism Is not Journalism: The Grayzone’s Faulty Analysis of What is Happening in Xinjiang

When I started seeing the Grayzone, a website that describes itself as “dedicated to original investigative journalism,” touted in various Chinese media rep

https://chinalawandpolicy.com/2020/01/05/when-journalism-is-not-journalism-the-grayzones-faulty-analysis-of-what-is-happening-in-xinjiang/

Chinese State Media has admitted to the existence of the camps but reframed it as "vocational education camps"
Ex. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201908/17/WS5d574e53a310cf3e355664b1.html

Thread from a person who visited Xinjiang https://twitter.com/tobbinatorscw/status/1276198303483392001?s=19

https://twitter.com/tobbinatorscw/status/1276198303483392001?s=19

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/02/12/transnational-carceral-capitalism-xinjiang/

Transnational Carceral Capitalism in Xinjiang and Beyond - Made in China Journal

On 22 January, the innocuously-named ‘Frontier Services Group’ (FSG) announced plans to open a ‘training centre’ in Xinjiang, where approximately one million people are currently being held in...

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/02/12/transnational-carceral-capitalism-xinjiang/

More on the cultural genocide happening https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/11/darren-byler-terror-capitalism-and-digital-dictatorship-in-xinjiang/

Btw this is how Chinese State Media frames Islam

Also remember that China has officially claimed this as the "People's War on Terror" which is already is racist to begin with

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/07/09/good-and-bad-muslims-in-xinjiang/

Good and Bad Muslims in Xinjiang - Made in China Journal

A huge network of internment camps for those displaying the slightest sign of ‘extremism’, where, according to some ex-detainees, Muslims are encouraged to renounce their religion. Closure and...

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/07/09/good-and-bad-muslims-in-xinjiang/

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/10/25/preventative-policing-as-community-detention-in-northwest-china/

Preventative Policing as Community Detention in Northwest China

A preventative policing system in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has detained as many as 1.5 million Turkic Muslims deemed ‘pre-terrorists’ or ‘extremists’. This essay shows how a counterins...

https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/10/25/preventative-policing-as-community-detention-in-northwest-china/

A thing to mention: Adrian Zenz is a hack but he correctly identified that

Interesting things to note https://twitter.com/benmauk/status/1276938914591379461?s=19

https://twitter.com/benmauk/status/1276938914591379461?s=19

I have problems with the NY Times but here are some papers https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html

‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims

More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html

They used stats from China's health bureau to determine this https://twitter.com/marceldirsus/status/1277505834394816512?s=19

https://twitter.com/marceldirsus/status/1277505834394816512?s=19

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