"China is just industrializing Xinjiang"
"China is just industrializing Xinjiang"
More than one of these people, I have asked: Okay, what sources would you trust? What isn't all just CIA or Western lies?
They really didn't want to answer the question, and reacted to it with quite a bit of hostility (which I think was tactically a good idea, if they're trying to "win" the conversation for the side they've chosen to support, because it doesn't take a genius to see where I'm going with the next steps.)
But sure, I'm the victim of propaganda. If only I knew the truth, I wouldn't be so ignorant.
I had someone tell me that the Uyghurs were getting job training in the re-education camps to set them up for good careers and successful integration in Chinese society, and maybe there were some sinister aspects but on the other hand I don't see the US giving job training to people in Guantanamo or anything, so China is way better.
0% exaggerating or mischaracterizing