Demanding an End to Uyghur Oppression
jacobinmag.com
We can oppose the saber-rattling and militarism of the US’s China hawks without downplaying the oppression of the Uyghur people.

Aren't there sources other than Adrian Zenz to use in this sort of centrist-socialist article? ('Xinjiang oppression is real but stop doing imperialism over it')

  • NonWonderDog [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Intercepted did a similar piece on "Jing-Jang" province. I just don't understand how I'm supposed to take any of these people seriously.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'll bet they also said "Peking". Whenever I see that I just assume that the editor is a 90 year old dinosaur that lives off the blood of 3rd world children.

    • GreenDream [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Westerners can't pronounce the "X" from Xinjiang. It literally uses a phoneme that does not exist in English. As does Xi. It's like Chinese is a foreign language.

      • NonWonderDog [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I mean xi is basically just "she" but with your tongue moved forward, same as the Japanese し. It's not really hard to learn, but pinyin is non-obvious to English speakers and it's totally understandable that people would just guess at how to pronounce a leading x. I would never expect good or even partially acceptable Chinese pronunciation from people who don't speak any Chinese.

        But if you don't know that xin is closer to "shin" or "sheen" than "jing" you've pretty clearly never heard a Chinese person say it. In which case I have no idea why you're doing reporting on it, or why I'm supposed to take you as an authority on it.