Hey, honestly, thanks mate. This exchange has been really good for me, you’re essentially the only person I’ve encountered in months that positively responded to being corrected about some data. You’re cool, have a good one

the information they publish comes from where exactly?

As per the article: “A nine-day reporting trip by The Washington Post through the region…”.

I understand you’re not attacking me directly, but it’s so exhausting seeing the same talking points of concern trolls like you who have heard on reddit and Lemmy about the Uyghurs, and uncritically swallowed the western propaganda and champion the rights of an ethnic minority in China. And when confronted with stuff you don’t know, such as the camps being closed for years, you jump to saying “according to whom, to the government?” and when confronted with the fact that it’s western media publishing this, you go ahead and go yo claim “where does this come from exactly?” as if journalistic work wasn’t possible or as if the information wasn’t literally on the third paragraph of the link I sent.

It talks about how they opened up prisons, which is exactly what this post takes into account. There are more people in prisons in the US than in the entirety of China.

You clearly have done 0 research on this topic, and until 5 minutes ago you believed that the reeducation camps were still open and ongoing, despite them closing years ago. Educate yourself on the conditions of the people who you pretend to care about, or stop with your concern trolling.

First of all, I’ll take the honour of using .world’s favourite word: whataboutism much?

Second of all, wow, there was a hunger episode as a consequence of bad ecological policy on a preindustrial society?!

BTW, life expectancy in China at the beginning of the socialist revolution was 35 years, by the time Mao died it was above 55. Those are hundreds of millions of lives saved.

The reeducation camps closed years ago. Here you have a western source claiming so:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/23/china-xinjiang-crackdown-uyghurs-surveillance/

Surely a champion of Uyghur rights would be aware of this already?

If by “the government” you mean “The Washington Post” and much more western media, then sure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/23/china-xinjiang-crackdown-uyghurs-surveillance/

There’s an example article, a quick google for “China closed reeducation camps” will throw more results if you feel like doing a bit of research on the brave defence of human rights that you champion.

they have “re-education camps” though

Do they, though? You, as a champion of human rights in China, are aware that the reeducation camps are closed for years now, aren’t you?

Xinjiang reeducation camps were closed around 2022 though?