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by CharlesColeman
2449 days ago
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The PRC has been working very hard to stymie any criticism of the camps, and it isn't afraid to bully countries to achieve its diplomatic aims: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/world/asia/china-xinjiang... > “Many, many governments are looking the other way and self-censoring on the issue of Xinjiang,” said Daniel R. Russel, the Obama administration’s assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. “Beijing is notoriously prickly about its self-declared ‘core interests,’ and few countries are willing to put the economic benefits of good relations with China at risk — let alone find themselves on the receiving end of Chinese retaliation.” > When countries do criticize China, they tend to do so in a group, seemingly as a way to diffuse and lessen possible retribution. |
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