For personal reasons, I care a lot about all China-related issues, including Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, south China sea, etc.
I dont think these issues have disappeared or have been abandoned, but without journalists allowed in and the region being one of the most heavily-surveilled in the world, there is little we/anybody can do from the outside, and then on the inside, people have been so brainwashed that they likely don’t believe anything negative they read about in the news. That being said, foreign companies are still closing their factories in Xinjiang because of sanctions or tariffs on goods coming from there, so while there is some impact, it’s all happening very slowly.
The world has also had two large regional wars erupt since the Uyghur-camps issue came to the forefront, so in terms of Western media coverage, activism, and attention, they have kind of fallen to the wayside, unfortunately, much like what’s happening in Myanmar.
A more interesting topic of conversation in my opinion, would be why all the pro-Palestine folks have absolutely zero idea about what happening in Xinjiang, or don’t care. Is it because the claims came from Western media? Is it because it’s happening in a (so-called) Communist country, and they don’t dare trash the hammer-n-sickle? They’ll care about a place with actual terrorist activities, yet won’t say diddlysquat about people in another place being accused of terrorism (reading a Quran or having a beard)?
IDK I think it’s partially the same reason as why N. Korea gets ignored. With say, Israel/Palestine, there’s always something new happening. For stuff like NK/Xinjiang everyone knows it’s there but there are no “new updates,” which means that the news ignores it unfortunately
If it’s only the internet it’s simply because it’s not trending anymore. While some may still remember Ukraine, almost nobody remembers Congo cobalt mines and Nagorno-Karabakh despite happening only a while ago. People have just moved onto Palestine right now. Also to your second point, i think people just associate the west with evil so therefore they distrust any western sources. It doesn’t help that muslim countries rely on China for imports.
The left in the English speaking world has failed to articulate any critical framework for imperialist brutality that can’t be blamed on Washington. And no one else in American politics cares about people they don’t have an ethnic connection to.
I think that our countries are economically tied to China so going against them would heavily negatively impact Central Asian economy in my opinion. Thats why the government don’t really do anytthemselves
The population of the Uyghurs have gone UP in the last decade so the claims of a mass genocide is unfounded. You could say they’re doing a cultural genocide but then people just see it as China trying to assimilate the minority groups into overall china. People also NEVER mention the multiple terrorist attacks that’s Uyghurs are behind
You would think Taliban regime of all Muslim groups would be the first to condemn China’s deed in that regime, but no, Taliban is using China’s bag to build up strength so they can do whatever they plan for the future
seme like that part of western propaganda is not there anymore aganist c there have been only allegations just like previous allegations against che geuvara, huawei etc… but none with a proof. west wanted to get muslim support for attacking china but they failed… miserably failed
and remember! academics are paid by the govt to write and research stuff… they will never go against the govt agenda to put their life in danger
IMO it’s in huge part Because the US miscalculated with propaganda. They lied way too outlandishly and clearly had to scramble to backtrack in a way that took away any legitimacy. Unfortunately the US for geopolitical reasons was the loudest voice on this.
I remember the White House briefing where they claimed “millions” were victims of genocide and directly asserted millions were killed. Within a year this number went to hundreds of thousands, 2000, then hundreds.
When challenged for evidence of genocide in the UN, the U.S. suddenly abstained from a resolution vote on it. Satellite images of “prison camps” turned out to be school soccer fields. All the “evidence” and claims of genocide kept coming back to a few sources of “think tank experts” who have never been there and are funded by the U.S. govt and corporations.
Also, the Middle East sent a multi national delegation who were allowed to inspect wherever for Muslim oppression and went back to the Middle East openly stating there’s no genocide. You can also now visit this region as a tourist and travel with relative freedom.
On top of what the U.S. is directly complicit in with Israel really invalidated any position of moral superiority the U.S. had in the past. I’m not saying all the accusations wrt this topic are false but the U.S. miscalculated the world’s blind trust in what the U.S. claims by making claims China could partly disprove to the point where the U.S. position on the topic is especially weak.
Well when you have serious genocide coming from israel, russia places in africa extreme human rights abuse in afghan. What china is doing in all honesty light, and even comparable to what the USA does to some of its own people.
So it’s because you don’t necessarily have a dedicated political body to speak up for Uyghurs.
It’s also because within leftists they engage in campism. And assume the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Because China is the enemy of the US therefore China can’t perpetuate colonialism or cultural genocide.
Those who did speak up in the Us were often republicans who really didn’t care for Uyghurs but used them to further criticize China.