Former Australian prime-minister predicts Taiwan invasion

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26 Mar 2022, 10:38 am

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(An example of the same old tune, false accusations of genocide in Xinjiang)

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Please be aware that we take a pretty dim view of genocide denial. There is some reasonable ground to argue that there is a distinction between the cultural genocide of the Uighurs and, for example, the Armenian or Cambodian genocides. However, such an argument must be made with sensitivity, and shouldn’t deny the atrocities being perpetrated against the Uighurs by the Chinese government. I would advise anyone who is not confident of their ability to sensitively navigate those waters to refrain from discussing the topic.


I really am not a Uyghur. But my ethnic group is also one of the ten largest ethnic minorities in China.
My personal feeling in China is that I have suffered a kind of atrocities that forces uninterested young people to learn about their national culture. I have mentioned this in other threads.Minority cultural studies and archaeology have also been important sources of academic waste.They fund a variety of minority-related projects, while practical science is hard to come by.If TCM is ridiculous, then we have a whole bunch of more ridiculous minority medicines, including Uyghurs.

But your suggestion makes sense. This would require a lot of space to describe. I'll use some more intuitive examples in the future.


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26 Mar 2022, 1:21 pm

Being from a nation that survived attempts of cultural genocide, I may add - while cultural genocide is not nearly as bad as physical genocide, it's still something damaging and traumatizing for generations.
We need to be really considerate when discussing it.


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26 Mar 2022, 1:25 pm

Sorry for my tone.

I just saw too many incidents where the CCP emphasizes ethnic minorities. Like how some Democrats are emphasizing LGBTQ. As an intersection, this kind of political correctness strikes me as disgusting.

I think it's off-topic to talk about this in depth on this thread. I will look for a more suitable time.


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26 Mar 2022, 6:46 pm

Were getting into touchy topics here.

Nations, like individual people, can be contradictory in behavior.

And a resident of China is not gonna get the same news diet and as we westerners get. And keep in mind that national news bias goes both ways.

Even in western media I have read about how China's old and harsh "One Child Policy" was exempted for "certain ethnic minority groups". So thats a true example of Beijing being sensitive to minorities.

But Skinned Wolf I am sure doesnt get the reports we get about China oppressing Uighurs and Tibetans.

But by the same token - I am surprised to hear that China has policies that sound a lot like "affirmative action"- the US govt. policies of favoring minority groups that have suffered historic discrimination- like American Blacks. You never hear about China doing that for minorities here in western media. And (thanks to the internet) I am actually talking to someone who benefitted from this Chinese version of Affirmative Action! 8O



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26 Mar 2022, 6:56 pm

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But Skinned Wolf I am sure doesnt get the reports we get about China oppressing Uighurs and Tibetans.


Not quite. I have read part of it.
Because the CCP has made a lot of targeted response propaganda.
I can bypass filtering. I've also read the link in the Uyghur section of WIKI.
That's why I distrust American propaganda so much.

I hope someone has a suggestion on where I should go to talk about this.

One additional piece of information: the "one-child policy" is over. The strictest limit is now three. (if my message is not outdated)
The new problem is that most young people have lost the will to have one. China's fertility rate is heading towards lower than Japan and South Korea (maybe already lower?)


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26 Mar 2022, 9:59 pm

SkinnedWolf wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
But Skinned Wolf I am sure doesnt get the reports we get about China oppressing Uighurs and Tibetans.


Not quite. I have read part of it.
Because the CCP has made a lot of targeted response propaganda.
I can bypass filtering. I've also read the link in the Uyghur section of WIKI.
That's why I distrust American propaganda so much.

I hope someone has a suggestion on where I should go to talk about this.

One additional piece of information: the "one-child policy" is over. The strictest limit is now three. (if my message is not outdated)
The new problem is that most young people have lost the will to have one. China's fertility rate is heading towards lower than Japan and South Korea (maybe already lower?)


Perhaps worth creating a new thread, particularly on the topic of fertility.



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26 Mar 2022, 10:07 pm

SkinnedWolf wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
But Skinned Wolf I am sure doesnt get the reports we get about China oppressing Uighurs and Tibetans.


Not quite. I have read part of it.
Because the CCP has made a lot of targeted response propaganda.
I can bypass filtering. I've also read the link in the Uyghur section of WIKI.
That's why I distrust American propaganda so much.

I hope someone has a suggestion on where I should go to talk about this.

One additional piece of information: the "one-child policy" is over. The strictest limit is now three. (if my message is not outdated)
The new problem is that most young people have lost the will to have one. China's fertility rate is heading towards lower than Japan and South Korea (maybe already lower?)


In the west, we were aware that China has dropped the one-child policy.

Is it true that the number of males is significantly greater than females?
This may be western propaganda.



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27 Mar 2022, 12:23 am

Pepe wrote:
Is it true that the number of males is significantly greater than females?


real. Despite misogynistic groups claiming this is conspiracy propaganda for feminist. But statistically there is a clear sex birth choice.
Based on the experiences of several different kindergarten/elementary teachers. The imbalance in the sex ratio of the new batch of children is already visible to the naked eye.

I'll start preparing a new thread.


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27 Mar 2022, 12:27 am

Pepe wrote:
Is it true that the number of males is significantly greater than females?
This may be western propaganda.


I would say there is something to given women from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Burma are being trafficked across the chinese border to supply an insatiable demand for brides
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/31/chi ... ng-problem

If you are squeemish you may want to skip reading this link
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/03/21/g ... nmar-china