Appreciate and upvote every reply to my comments/posts if I can detect any effort being put into it; even if I think you completely missed what I tried to say or strongly disagree with your opinion.

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Cake day: July 10th, 2023
  • birdcat@lemmy.mltoChina, 中国@lemmy.ml•83 major Chinese brands implicated in report on forced labour of ethnic minorities from Xinjiang
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    2 years ago

    Either you have a genuine interest in learning more and knowing what’s going on - which will require a little effort and a bit of an open mind to expand the sources you might be used to - or you check a few sites and videos that kinda confirm what you want to believe and then fill out the rest with your assumptions and prejudices.

    his studies regarding Uyghurs haven’t been disapproved

    Ok, they haven’t. You are interested in the matter and want to learn more about it, right? Then go read his studies, see what they consist of, and see why no one has been able to disprove the findings of Adrian Zenz.

    There’s definitely a cultural genocide happening in xinjiang though, their culture is being dismantled very rapidly.

    That is terrible then, and you care about it, right? Then go and learn more about it. Learn about the history of Xinjiang and how the lives of the people in that region have changed over the last few decades. Research how Uyghur culture is being dismantled very rapidly.

    Find actual proof for what you want to be true.

    One last thing, I really never said that there were or are no re-education camps. They played a very vital role in the war against terror. You claiming that I said they never existed, annoyed me.

    Anyway, all the best.

    Recommendations to start:

    1. Super casual YouTube-Channel, often about what’s Life in Xinjiang really like. Li Jingjing 李菁菁
    2. Short current Article: Imperialist media can’t stop lying about mosques in China
    3. Kinda long read about the War on Terror: Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation, Sep 21, Written By Qiao Collective
  • birdcat@lemmy.mltoChina, 中国@lemmy.ml•83 major Chinese brands implicated in report on forced labour of ethnic minorities from Xinjiang
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    2 years ago

    Adrian Zenz is a right-wing christian fundamentalist, in his own words, “sent by god to destroy the CCP”. For his mission, he is ready to make up lots of crazy stuff. After he gets proven to be factually wrong or that he does not in any way have any form of scientific evidence for any of his claims, he doubles down on them. His “research” does not follow any scientifically acceptable method. For example, the figure millions of detained Uyghurs came from a sample group of 8 (eight) interviews. So even if you ignore his religious views and his political motivation in his work, the lack of scientific methods makes it unacceptable to cite him in a paper.

    Lots of people put lots of effort into debunking his claims. Use a search engine and dig in!

    Or use the opposite approach, thats what I did! Around 2019 when Zenz came up with his claims of the Uyghur Genocide, I was so shocked and found them so crazy and unacceptable that I really wanted to learn everything about it and find the evidence, understand whats going on. I had an unfavorable view of China (to put it mildly honestly) and was super motivated. Well… never found any evidence of genocide, cultural genocide, or anything coming close to such things, but it almost turned me into a Tankie, so always remain critical 😊