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Over the past few months, I have been following the developments in Xinjiang with sadness and disbelief. The scale and the intensity of China's assimilation of the Uyghur population are unprecedented, the ruthless hi-tech-supported eradication of their history, language, and cultural properties heart-breaking.
I support the declaration of 39 nations condemning China's human rights abuses and hope that more nations and global enterprises join the protests and boycotts. On a side-note: Islamic nations are conspicuously absent from those protests and show surprisingly little enthusiasm to support their fellow Muslim. The issue poses a diplomatic predicament for Japan, too.
Here is an interesting piece by the NYT on Japan's untenable silence in the face of the Uyghur plight:
I'd be very interested in what our members think about the questions below:
Disclaimer: This thread is not meant to evolve into China-bashing but born out of concern over the Chinese government's growing belligerence towards its many neighbours and its disrespect for human rights.
I support the declaration of 39 nations condemning China's human rights abuses and hope that more nations and global enterprises join the protests and boycotts. On a side-note: Islamic nations are conspicuously absent from those protests and show surprisingly little enthusiasm to support their fellow Muslim. The issue poses a diplomatic predicament for Japan, too.
Here is an interesting piece by the NYT on Japan's untenable silence in the face of the Uyghur plight:
Japan Is Finding It Harder to Stay Quiet on China’s Abuse of Uyghurs (Published 2021)
Public awareness of the issue is growing in the country, spurred in part by the work of Uyghur activists, and that is increasing pressure on the government to take action.
www.nytimes.com
I'd be very interested in what our members think about the questions below:
- How long will Japan's government be able to maintain its "neutrality"?
- Which will win: commercial interests or human rights?
As in the West, views toward China have hardened in recent years among the Japanese public, not just over Xinjiang, but also Beijing's crushing of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and its military presence in the seas near Japan.
- What are your views on China's expansionism (South China Sea, Himalaya, Senkaku, etc.), and how can it be countered?
Disclaimer: This thread is not meant to evolve into China-bashing but born out of concern over the Chinese government's growing belligerence towards its many neighbours and its disrespect for human rights.