I don't believe the mainstream narrative, no. It seems to be a mixture of outright fabrications (many from one Adrian Zenz, a crazy fundie who said he believes he's on God's mission to civilize China, and of the totally impartial Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and self-proclaimed China expert despite having never been there or learnt any Chinese language) and portraying the conditions of the facilities for the worst offenders (such as those who fought for extremist groups abroad) as representative of the entire project. And if 10+% of the entire population were actually indefinitely detained, there'd be a lot more evidence of it than there actually is; Xinjiang's economy would collapse. Put all of it together, and it smells like Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
You are probably correct in that it’s not *as* bad as Western Media says, but that’s a very f**king low bar.
It’s like someone in court saying “Oh I didn’t murder
that many people!”
Even if these were just the extremes, it still is pretty terrible.
That being said, I do appreciate your perspective, it’s refreshing to have a dissenting view here. Hopefully Atlas doesn’t eat you alive lol.
