"In
the village with the barbed wire, government officials call the
children “kindness students,” referring to the party’s supposed
generosity in making special arrangements. But the glove bearing this
generosity has a fist inside. As Adrian Zenz at the Victims of Communism
Memorial Foundation has documented, in some Uighur-majority regions in southern Xinjiang, preschool enrollment more than quadrupled in
recent years, exceeding the average national enrollment growth rate by
more than 12 times. Why? Because parents, and in some cases both
parents, have disappeared into the camps. China is carrying out cultural
genocide and social reengineering on young minds when they are most
impressionable.
China
has claimed the campaign is a response to extremism and violence in
Xinjiang a decade ago, but these methods far exceed what would be needed
for counterterrorism. The punishment of the Uighur Muslims appears to
fit the definition of crimes against humanity. The annual report of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, released Wednesday, says:
“Security personnel at the camps subjected detainees to torture,
including beatings; electric shocks; waterboarding; medical neglect;
forced ingestion of medication; sleep deprivation; extended solitary
confinement; and handcuffing or shackling for prolonged periods, as well
as restricted access to toilet facilities; punishment for behavior
deemed religious; forced labor; overcrowding; deprivation of food; and
political indoctrination.”"
