Twitter Locks China's US Embassy Account After Uighur "Baby-Making Machines" Tweet
The latest victim of Twitter censorship is ironically enough the official account for China’s Embassy in the US. As Bloomberg reports the embassy posted a tweet referring derogatorily to Uighur women as “baby-making machines”. It appeared to be a rationale for government intervention and ‘re-education’ of the Muslim minority population in China lest they breed too much, according to the…
China Mocks "Doomsday Clown" Pompeo After 'Genocide' Designation For Uighur Persecution
On Tuesday, the last day of the Trump administration, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pulled the trigger on a long debated topic and policy proposal in Washington – namely to officially label Chinese persecution of the country’s Uighur minority as “genocide”. Predictably Beijing was quick to voice its outrage. But with the Trump administration…
Does the West Actually Care About the Uighur Genocide in China or Is It a Handy Excuse for Conflict?
By Robert Wheeler While the United States is busy showing signs of imploding, all eyes are focused on the Capitol protests, the Presidential Inauguration, and the parallel exit ceremony. But there are other things happening in the world that are showing the signs of apparent looming collapse not just of the United States, but of…