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So... You have no useful sources? Good argument, bravo.
This is the problem with all the bullshit surrounding China. It's all "we KNOW it MUST be happening because I was told it a bunch of times."
I never said I have no sources, I said I know you'll come up with some sort of excuse for ignoring any source I can dig up.
But OK, I'll bite. Here's a UN report on the situation: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22273613/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf
Now's the part where you say it's obviously untrustworthy, and how China's definition of "extremism" isn't extremely vague and so broad as to be meaningless, and all reports of reproductive rights being violated are lies, etc etc.
How is any of this comparable to Nazi Germany? Violation of reproductive rights is literally CPC policy and was used on the Han majority for decades. Forced sterilization, forced abortion, all were used for enforcement of population control policy. You're not criticizing the CPC's treatment of Uyghurs, you're criticizing the CPC's policies in general. Conflating that with Nazi genocide is rather disingenuous, especially given that people haven't been killed en masse (far from it).
Second, Chinese extremism is pretty well-defiined: actions supportive of those involved in the 1992 bus bombings, 1997 bus bombings, the attempted airplane hijacking in 2008, the truck attack in 2008, the taxi attack in 2008, the stabbing attack in 2008, the bombing in 2010, the police station storming in 2011, the truck hijacking in 2011... Do I need to go on? Pretending that terrorism wasn't a problem in Xinjiang in the past decade or two is simply wrong, and pretending that China's policies haven't basically eradicated domestic terrorism would also be wrong.
At least someof us here know China from own experience, have worked for Chinese companies, lived in the country.
You, in contrast, are suffering from a major lack of experience. You're just echoing mindless propaganda. In the end, you are creating an obstacle for your own personal development, thus hurting yourself. You could do yourself a favour by staying away from this bubble-producing communities. But that's just on. Whether you do it or not, all others will be fine either way.
Oh hey, are you describing me? I'll admit I've mostly lived in tier 1/1.5 cities, so my experience isn't exactly standard. I'll also gladly admit that top Chinese companies have worse culture than top American ones in web development. Where are you from?
No.
Except you really are LMAO
Where are you from? Genuinely curious which part of China you're from.