I mean education is mandatory and boarding schools seem to be pretty common in China, not only in Xinjiang. Obviously not everyone will be happy about this arrangement and Western media likes to only give a platform to the ones that aren't happy (which I suspect only consists of a small minority).
Not surprisingly, the CGTN take on this is a lot more positive:
https://youtu.be/XRorvkxIDPg
Edit: Regarding the FT article about families being separated due to the re-education camps, I don't doubt there's truth to it since obviously they're not just going to leave the children to fend for themselves and it's not hard to imagine that a decent amount of participants were forced to be there. Obviously this is concerning from a human rights point of view, but IMO as long as the conditions in the schools are fine (which does seem to be the case), I really don't think it's as big of a deal as they're made out to be and I think it's much better than the region being plagued by terrorist attacks every year.
I mean education is mandatory and boarding schools seem to be pretty common in China, not only in Xinjiang. Obviously not everyone will be happy about this arrangement and Western media likes to only give a platform to the ones that aren't happy (which I suspect only consists of a small minority).
Not surprisingly, the CGTN take on this is a lot more positive:
https://youtu.be/XRorvkxIDPg
Edit: Regarding the FT article about families being separated due to the re-education camps, I don't doubt there's truth to it since obviously they're not just going to leave the children to fend for themselves and it's not hard to imagine that a decent amount of participants were forced to be there. Obviously this is concerning from a human rights point of view, but IMO as long as the conditions in the schools are fine (which does seem to be the case), I really don't think it's as big of a deal as they're made out to be and I think it's much better than the region being plagued by terrorist attacks every year.