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Interesting stack. Maybe you would be interested in knowing that Australia is developing bioweapons using gain-of-function research onshore. We are quite open about it too. https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/australias-gain-of-function-research

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The simplest and neatest explanation for China’s willingness to start repairing the relationship might simply be that Australia has got the message, "Don't backstab us (Huawei), publicly lie to our faces (Xinjiang) and expect us not to notice. Next time it will cost Australia even more than the permanently lost market share and billions of dollars of revenues it has lost”.

In other words, don't fuck with the Infinite.

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The sterilizations in Xinjiang continue. I doubt that is the reason of the political change.

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What sterilizations? Why? For whom, exactly?

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The data from 2010 to 2018 show Xinjiang's total population has increased steadily, including that of the Uygur population, whereas the Han population in the region has registered just a meager increase.

During that period, Xinjiang's permanent residents increased by 3.0518 million (13.99%) to 24.8676 million from 21.8158 million. Among that, ethnic minorities population increased by 2.8749 million (22.14%) to 15.8608 million from 12.9859 million; Uygur population was up 2.5469 million (25.04%) to 12.7184 million from 10.1715 million; Han population rose by 0.1769 million (2%) to 9.0068 million from 8.8299 million.

The growth rate of the Uygur population was not only higher than Xinjiang's population growth rate, but also higher than that of ethnic minorities and a lot higher than that of the Han population.

From 2010 to 2018, the birth rate and natural population growth rate of Xinjiang's population were stable while slowing slightly. During this period, the birth rates for Xinjiang's permanent residents were 14.85‰, 14.99‰, 15.32‰, 15.84‰,16.44‰, 15.60‰, 15.34‰, 15.88‰,10.69‰ respectively; natural growth rates were 10.71‰, 10.57‰, 10.84‰,10.92‰, 11.47‰, 11.06‰, 11.08‰,11.40‰, 6.13‰ respectively. Before 2017,Xinjiang's population birth rate was around 15‰, natural growth rate around 11‰. Although there was a decline in Xinjiang's population birth rate and natural growth rate in 2018, compared to the national level, its birth rate (10.69‰) was almost the same with that of the national level (10.94‰), and natural growth rate (6.13‰) was higher than national level (3.81‰). Among them, Uygur's birth rate (11.9‰) was higher than Xinjiang's overall population birth rate (10.69‰), and higher than Han's birth rate (9.42‰).Since the growth rate and birth rate for Xinjiang's Uygur population was higher than that of Xinjiang's overall and Han population, the so-called "genocide" is simply nonsense.

And Adam Zenz is simply nuts.

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Yes China "data" so good and true. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59595952

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Yes. The BBC Board of Governors is part of the ruling class, most with Oxbridge and private school backgrounds. It tends overwhelmingly to support the wars of the rich, cheerleading the invasion of Iraq, for instance, at a time when two million people had taken to the streets in the biggest popular protest in UK history in order to demonstrate against that same war. A study at the time revealed the BBC to display ‘the most “pro-war” agenda of any broadcaster’. The state broadcaster also coordinated with MI5 in vetting journalists for any radical political sensibilities they might have.

YouGov polling reveals that faith in BBC News journalists to tell the truth has dropped, but the trend is not unique to the broadcaster, with trust in journalists falling across the board. Less than half of Britons (44%) now say they trust the institution to tell the truth despite its public charter to remain politically neutral. This is a fall of seven percentage points since October.

Meanwhile, 80% of Chinese trust their media, and 100% of the world's international Muslim organizations say China's treatment of its radicalized young people is much, much better than their own countries'. It's also better than France's, which also places its radicalized young people re-education camps that have barred windows.

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