Re: Nandy,s latest right wing clickbait. Archived Message
Posted by johnlilburne on October 11, 2020, 1:00 pm, in reply to "Nandy,s latest right wing clickbait."
It's difficult to be sure of what is going on with the Uyghurs in China. The major sources of claims about so-called 'camps' have been shown to be tainted by The Grayzone: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/ In any case, whatever we think China may be up to, are we really going to risk jeopardising future trade relations with China, post-Brexit? Nandy is virtue signalling. China is seen as the US's main economic rival and enemy, so all our establishment politicians know which line to take. The facts of the matter don't really come into it. If we were really concerned with human rights we could take action where we can actually make a difference e.g., by stopping arms sales to SA. But we are not, of course. Geopolitics trumps morality, as always.
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