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by CharlesColeman 2449 days ago
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.