What the article is forgetting is the severity of the conflict with its potent mix of race, religion and by-gone nationality.
To me the parallels to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang are the conflicts involving the Rohingyas in Myanmar, the "deep south" in Thailand, and maybe the "pirates" around Malaysia and Philippines.
These conflicts are all being handled with far heavier hand than what China is doing in Xinjiang.
To me the parallels to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang are the conflicts involving the Rohingyas in Myanmar, the "deep south" in Thailand, and maybe the "pirates" around Malaysia and Philippines.
These conflicts are all being handled with far heavier hand than what China is doing in Xinjiang.