cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/45538670
- Uyghur region (XUAR) saw 300 million visitors in 2024, more than double 2018 figures.
- Most tourists are domestic; foreign access is tightly controlled.
- Human rights groups warn China promotes a sanitized version of Uyghur culture.
As a First Nations descendant, whose ancestors were death marched across the continental U.S. Only to be forced to scratch out a meager living in the shittiest areas of the shittiest states of the Union. It’s still sad, but predictable to watch capitalist bourgeoisie continued to ignore this behavior. And, absolutely ghoulish to watch Leninists outright deny and berate anyone that acknowledges it.
While I am not a Muslim or Tibetan, my heart goes out to both these groups. Suffering under the oppression of han supremacists. Or all those in Hong Kong who’ve had their voices forcibly silenced. If it was wrong for the West to do it, it is wrong for China to do it as well. It’s just so sad to see all the apologists China has right now.
Very well said. People can be shitty and sometimes do very horrible things.
And according to the comments up-and downvotes( 54 to 10) , that’s almost 20% are still apologists. Thats 20% too many.