Has anyone come across an essay that explains to their satisfaction not *that* China is detaining its Uighurs population in camps--this is established--by *why?* What is the end goal and why does the CCP think it worth the international opprobrium?
Is it motivated by horror of any form of ethnic particularism that could lead to separatism and thus reduce China, again, to Warring States status? Is it motivated by a genuine belief that this is *good* for this population, which ultimately will be grateful?
Do they mean completely to destroy the Uighur population--physically and spiritually--to inspire terror in others? Or do they genuinely believe this will--ultimately--improve their moral and economic status?
In other words, do they see this more like the Final Solution or more like the Mission Civilisatrice? Neither are good, but the former was strictly evil--in conception and execution--and those involved knew this full well. The latter emerged from a more complex motive:
Those involved truly thought they were doing the right thing, and would surely be shocked by the verdict of history.
I'd like to read more about this from the perspective of the same kind of person whose writings @cosmo_globalist mentioned yesterday--
I'd like to read more about this from the perspective of the same kind of person whose writings @cosmo_globalist mentioned yesterday--
claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-cosmopol… -- thoughtful Chinese intellectuals who understand their own culture, not Western interpreters of that culture. Does anyone have suggestions?
It's okay if it's in Chinese. I can puzzle along through Google Translate and it's much better than nothing.
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