If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...
Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.
@mekkaokereke There's plenty of criticism (& I've done it) of the US and our terrible history, racial injustices, and anti-#labor laws. But I fail to understand how ignoring genocide in China, or downplaying crimes against #Uyghurs and #Tibetans, helps?
Tesla, btw, is an ideal partner for #China, in many ways (just as Twitter is becoming a venue for Chinese misinformation). #Tesla & Chinese carmakers are the worst when it comes to sourcing & labor
“Australia should impose targeted sanctions against Chinese government officials who are implicated in crimes against humanity and other grave abuses against #Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang …"
Stunning. 34% of the population in Chinese prisons are #Uyghurs, who make up ~1-2% of the population.
China has a top-down strategy to, basically, criminalize an entire ethnic group and, with time, eliminate their unique cultural, religious, and social identity.
Partnering or working with the Chinese government means supporting these genocidal policies. That includes #climate & #environment groups, too.
For 7 years now, celebrating Eid with loved ones has been out of reach due to China's mass atrocities against #Uyghurs, as part of which my wife Muherrem Ablet has been arbitrarily incarcerated and our two adorable kids trapped incommunicado in our hometown since 2017. The pain and trauma this ongoing mass persecution left on us are beyond imagination.
"The chief executive of TikTok expressed disappointment after the House passed a bill on Wednesday that could ban the popular social media app and urged users to contact their U.S. senators and…"
I meet, in Japan, many people who care about #Ukraine but not #palestine.
Among too many Asian so-called "leftists," those are care about #Gaza but not Ukraine.
And, sadly, people everyone who care about either of those situations, but don't care about #Papuans#Uyghurs#Tibetans#Kashmiris or others facing oppression in Asia.
#China#Surveillance#Hangzhou#Uyghurs: "A Hangzhou police project tracks "Uyghur university students" to "predict and control" people "related to terrorism", automatically alerting police of any "abnormal behaviors".
Behaviors considered "abnormal" include certain types of purchases, VPN usage, online communications, and even gathering at unspecified religious centers.
The system is aimed at securing Hangzhou and the 2023 Asian Games held there this fall. Four PRC integrators competed over the tender.
Hangzhou is a huge city of 11m people and is the headquarters of Alibaba, Hikvision, Dahua, and Uniview, although none of those companies were involved in this deal."
THE OPPRESSION OF THE UYGHUR PEOPLE explored in heartbreaking detail through an exiled poet and filmmaker’s memoir. Beautiful writing about a horrifying topic brings stories of the imprisoned and murdered into the light. A MINUS