Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide(reuters.com)
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Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-china-uighurs/dutch-parliament-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-is-genocide-idUSKBN2AP2CI
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I understand your view but I don't blame anyone for those reactions. So much double standards on what we condemn and what we don't because of our "interests", and also so much false accusations that lead to heavy consequences that people just don't know what to believe and what not anymore.
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why do western countries spend so much time judging other countries? is it related to the colonial times? or is it all about hegemony, constantly trying to keep down other countries through whatever means?
since in this case it's the parliament, I imagine it's not really a deliberate strategy, but more like something cultural that brings together all the members of parliament that voted for this.
you could say it's the value of human rights that brings them together but I suspect it's rather the desire to feel superior.
anyway, I think it's easy to pass judgement without knowing all the context. and only China knows all the context.
since in this case it's the parliament, I imagine it's not really a deliberate strategy, but more like something cultural that brings together all the members of parliament that voted for this.
you could say it's the value of human rights that brings them together but I suspect it's rather the desire to feel superior.
anyway, I think it's easy to pass judgement without knowing all the context. and only China knows all the context.
I thought it was just "cultural differences"?
Ask to the Uyghurs if being obligated to work and live inside some camps with a mass sterilization is “cultural difference”. To me looks repression.
Obviously I know you are sarcastic. But I went to Iraq to see what ISIS has done to Yazidi people, a “real genocide”, where the people were tied up, put inside pits and shot. The Uyghurs genocide has not this violence, is more subdole but this doesn’t mean is less dangerous and illegal!
And must be reported by democratic states and public opinion.
Obviously I know you are sarcastic. But I went to Iraq to see what ISIS has done to Yazidi people, a “real genocide”, where the people were tied up, put inside pits and shot. The Uyghurs genocide has not this violence, is more subdole but this doesn’t mean is less dangerous and illegal!
And must be reported by democratic states and public opinion.
I'm glad to see more governments willing to take a stand. Democracy and freedom aren't just given to us by default. It takes work to uphold.
I am more surprised by the reactions I have seen in HN community here in recent times on this issue. They've been ranging from outright defending CCP to defending turning a blind eye because we need iPhones.
As a European, this is signalling me whatever the US was/or projected itself as... is long dead. At least in this generation.
Can you imagine an Apollo Era engineer defending CCP? How about a whole community of them, or most of them?