Schrodinger's Sexual Assault:
Women in Xinjiang's re-education camps are both sexually assaulted and not sexually assaulted - depending on which version of the SAME womens' testimony you choose to believe.
Women in Xinjiang's re-education camps are both sexually assaulted and not sexually assaulted - depending on which version of the SAME womens' testimony you choose to believe.
Ofc, one can always argue that the trauma was such that they could only talk about it later.
It's also possible that it was an isolated crime by one or two guards.
Yet, the accusation and implication is that such crimes are state-sponsored and WIDESPREAD across the "camps".
It's also possible that it was an isolated crime by one or two guards.
Yet, the accusation and implication is that such crimes are state-sponsored and WIDESPREAD across the "camps".
Moreover, imagine if they said something good about China. Western media would never stop reminding us that they changed their testimony.
Then the headline would be:
'Camp Detainee Changes Testimony, now Claims Sexual Assault'
Which actually fits ALL such stories perfectly.
Then the headline would be:
'Camp Detainee Changes Testimony, now Claims Sexual Assault'
Which actually fits ALL such stories perfectly.
Inconsistencies are allowed when China is portrayed as the villian. But when China is being praised or achieves any success, THEN it has to be a fully air-tight, slam-dunk story.
Similar to their selective deployment of nuance, sensitivity, and detail:
Similar to their selective deployment of nuance, sensitivity, and detail:
https://twitter.com/MaitreyaBhakal/status/1357151721915441153?s=19
All of this is shocking but not surprising. Western China coverage not only encourages such low attention to detail, inconsistencies, and often literal paradoxes - they thrive on it.
https://twitter.com/MaitreyaBhakal/status/1278417596535025664?s=19
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