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The History of Colonial assimilation in Xinjiang
"Xinjiang was a part of the Qing empire ... but it was not a colonial territory," said James Millward, the leading historian of Xinjiang and a professor of Inter-societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Rather, Xinjiang was ruled with a light-handed pluralistic approach that recognised cultural diversity from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
When communist rule took over in 1949, imperial pluralism changed into pluralism "with Chinese characteristics" because communist ideology is necessarily anti-imperialist. That year saw "the process of populating the territory with Han Chinese through deliberate measures of settlement". In other words, the People's Republic of China practised settler colonialism. China refuses to accept this narrative because it believes that Xinjiang has been a part of the country since ancient times.
More recently, the government stopped honouring the autonomy of special regions like Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. Instead, it has taken to integrating them with a "much heavier assimilative hand" with policies against religion, language and culture. Beijing launched the Partnership Assistance Programme where a rich "sister city" in China adopts a city in Xinjiang to invest in its economic development. As a result, factories became overbuilt. The Uighurs began working in them once they were released from re-education camps. Both Chinese and foreign companies observed this huge influx in the supply of forced labour and took advantage of it.
Besides political action, Millward suggests that we communicate our concerns to businesses about their supply chains. Boycotting brands should accompany publicly expressed reasons via social media. Ask them about how they source their production and follow up with them. Pressure them into relaying these messages back up the chain to Chinese firms that these inhumane practices cannot endure.
Source: Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6DuJXE7mhI
Summarized by: Hong Kong Echo
Further reading:
‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale
https://twitter.com/hongkongecho/status/1308879803718696962?s=21
The History of Colonial assimilation in Xinjiang
"Xinjiang was a part of the Qing empire ... but it was not a colonial territory," said James Millward, the leading historian of Xinjiang and a professor of Inter-societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Rather, Xinjiang was ruled with a light-handed pluralistic approach that recognised cultural diversity from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
When communist rule took over in 1949, imperial pluralism changed into pluralism "with Chinese characteristics" because communist ideology is necessarily anti-imperialist. That year saw "the process of populating the territory with Han Chinese through deliberate measures of settlement". In other words, the People's Republic of China practised settler colonialism. China refuses to accept this narrative because it believes that Xinjiang has been a part of the country since ancient times.
More recently, the government stopped honouring the autonomy of special regions like Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. Instead, it has taken to integrating them with a "much heavier assimilative hand" with policies against religion, language and culture. Beijing launched the Partnership Assistance Programme where a rich "sister city" in China adopts a city in Xinjiang to invest in its economic development. As a result, factories became overbuilt. The Uighurs began working in them once they were released from re-education camps. Both Chinese and foreign companies observed this huge influx in the supply of forced labour and took advantage of it.
Besides political action, Millward suggests that we communicate our concerns to businesses about their supply chains. Boycotting brands should accompany publicly expressed reasons via social media. Ask them about how they source their production and follow up with them. Pressure them into relaying these messages back up the chain to Chinese firms that these inhumane practices cannot endure.
Source: Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6DuJXE7mhI
Summarized by: Hong Kong Echo
Further reading:
‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale
https://twitter.com/hongkongecho/status/1308879803718696962?s=21
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China Throughlines: Xinjiang from Qing to Xi – James Millward & Micah Muscolino
Sept. 14, 2020: China Throughlines: Xinjiang from Qing to Xi – James Millward & Micah Muscolino
Micah Muscolino interviews James Millward, a leading scholar on China and Central Asia at Georgetown University. They connect the history of Xinjiang during the…
Micah Muscolino interviews James Millward, a leading scholar on China and Central Asia at Georgetown University. They connect the history of Xinjiang during the…
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