Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9755125
The Chinese government, under the pretense of counter-terrorism, has orchestrated a systematic campaign to suppress the Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang, stripping away not just their rights but the very essence of their cultural and familial bonds.
At the epicenter of China’s brutal repression in East Turkistan lies a particularly insidious tactic: the systematic separation of Uyghur children from their families. This abhorrent practice serves as a cornerstone of China’s campaign to erase Uyghur cultural identity and enforce a homogeneous Han Chinese ideology.
In this calculated strategy of cultural genocide, the Chinese state has weaponized education. The Chinese government’s assimilation process starts with detaining parents under above-mentioned arbitrary claims, placing them in detainment camps and leaving children defenseless and vulnerable. Children whose parents are detained, in prison, or undergoing re-education or “training” are classified into a special needs category, making them eligible for state care, which typically means placement in these orphanages or boarding schools.
The Chinese government ramped up the establishment of state-run boarding schools throughout East Turkistan, where Uyghur children are forcibly enrolled whether or not their parents have been taken away. Here they undergo a relentless process of Sinicization. Instruction is almost exclusively in Mandarin, with the Uyghur language and cultural practices being aggressively and outright banned. The aim is clear and chilling: to mold these young minds into loyal subjects of the state, devoid of their ethnic and cultural roots.