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The China They Don't Want You to See: Xinjiang (www.youtube.com)
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[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Great video, isn't the first one I've seen about the region, probably won't be the last. I always love how in every one of these type of videos if you go and talk to regular people everyone is pretty nice no matter what country you are in. Kinda just proves the the majority of the world's problems are not the construction of the average person, but a select few individuals who make the world a challenging place to live in.

Anyways, videos like these make me want to live or at the very least visit China so very very badly! I'd need way more time than I have because China is HUGE!

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No one image or video is going to give you a full picture of what a place or it's population is like

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

it's a nice video. Xinjiang is beautiful and his Mandarin is impressive, but I don't get the title.

The popular tourist spots and common light topics of conversation are exactly the China and Xinjiang they want you to see.

This is the Xinjiang they don't want you to see:

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

The Xinjiang they don't want you to see is someone being walked in cuffs?

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, literally no other country in the world imprisons people. How dare.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

actually, literally all other countries imprison people.

Detainment is a much wider problem than you think.

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, I was being sarcastic. Sorry, I thought that was obvious.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like a jail or prison of some sort, they have those in every country on earth so idk why you think they would care particularly who sees it, also no way for us to know where the pic was actually taken so kinda pointless for you to post it like this

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is one of the Xinjiang "reeducation" camps.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cool story

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not really, they're indefinite detainees whose families are scared for them.

like 1 in 6 people in the region.

it's not very cool.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Anything's possible when you make shit up

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The "They" is those who are anti-China who politicize views/definitions of genocide. It is a dangerous rule for lemmy subs to have "never question genocide propaganda". Some CIA/nazi supporting subs/posters will make the case that showing Xinjiang normalcy is Chinese propaganda.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

about 1 in 6 uyghurs are or have been detained in prison camps.

this video isn't showing "xinjiang normalcy".

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Anything's possible when you make shit up

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Click bait

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago

Brain dead