Hi Paul,

Thanks for the advice.

I have an armadillo handbag from Mexico.
(smile).

Well now that the kiddies little playground spat seems to be over with the combatants retiring to their corners, perhaps we could get back to the issue.

We need to remember that China is more an empire than a country with a series of conquered folk ruled by the imperialistic Han. Some of the conquered cultures have acquiesced, others resist (Tibet) and some are slatted for elimination.

The Uighur are in the later group. A genocide is underway there with slave camps dotted throughout the region. Even worse, there are also re-education camps where Muslim Uighur are taught to love Xi and the CCP. Families are torn asunder and kids adopted out to be raised as Han loving citizens. Forced abortion reduces the population and sterilisation cements the decline. Even worse, there are reports of systemic rape within the camps to intimidate the populace. And worse yet, it is reported that organ harvesting of executed inmates occurs on an industrial scale and that inmates are sometimes selected for execution because their organs are coveted by the rich and powerful.

When the Holocaust was in full swing there wasn't much we could do to stop it other than wage total war to overthrow the offending regime. But no one wants to wage war on the CCP to save the Uighur. But that doesn't mean there's nothing that can be done.

Economic sanctions against all products coming from Xinjiang is one such tool. It won't force the CCP to stop its genocide but it will help to delegitimise the regime and force it to tread carefully as it destroys a people. It also helps to delegitimise the CCP apologists in the west.

Australia won't join that effort. Our current government is too close to China to make any real efforts to seriously criticise China and our leadership in general has tied our economic fortunes to China is a way that makes true independence of action impossible.

The Uighur are a condemned and doomed race. But they won't go quietly and we shouldn't allow the CCP to exterminate them without demur.

mhaze, on what evidence do you base your claims about the Chinese treatment of Uyghurs?

Paul,

We've been down this road before where you demand evidence for things you don't want to be true and then ignore (and forget) the evidence once supplied.

If you're really interested go back to previous threads where I've supplied multiple links to evidence. But in the meantime, Wikipedia is a reasonable jumping off point to get a flavour of the genocide that is occurring.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide

mhaze

Thanks for your excellent post.

Hi Foxy,

"I don't intentionally go out of my way to get under anyone's
skin. And if my opinions have that effect on you - that is
unfortunate. But I stand by them. As I'm sure you do with yours."

Yes you did get a little bit niggly towards me over discussions on the Russia / Ukraine situation.
- But I guess it's an issue we both feel strongly about, and each for our own different reasons.
On that topic too, we can agree to disagree, it's perfectly fine.
We all disagree on all the topics for different reasons all the time.
It's just a part of sharing our views on the forum.
Thanks for your response.