I think one thing non-China specialists fail to grasp is *just how strong* racism against Uighur was even *before* the crackdown. It was extremely difficult to get a hotel room as a Uighur in any other part of China, for instance, especially as a Uighur man.
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contrast the official offering of halal food in state establishments for decades as part of ethnic minority policy, for instance, with the rush of internet fury (and tacit endorsement by authorities) over an food delivery service *offering a halal option*
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it's also vital to understand that Uighur were *systematically* forced out of other parts of China and back into Xinjiang between 2014 and 2016 or so, unless they were *very* integrated or educated.
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Even among "liberal" CPC-haters, distressingly
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I’ve heard that Han supremacism in general is a serious, and growing, problem (particularly for non-Han Chinese citizens)
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