China promotes Han-Uyghur intermarriage
Chinese internet is filled with short videos promoting Han-Uyghur inter-marriage. Shows several things, like
- Xinjiang has always been a mixed-race region.
- There’s no major racial differences between Uyghurs & Han. Only cultural and language barriers.
# Sources
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2016-03-23/chinas-minority-report
- https://uhrp.org/report/forced-marriage-of-uyghur-women/
- Chinese state media videos, government sanctioned stories, and accounts from women in the diaspora offer evidence that government incentivized and forced interethnic marriages have been occurring in the Uyghur Region since 2014
- Evidence suggests it is highly likely the Chinese government is systematically imposing forced interethnic marriages on Uyghur women
- The Chinese state maintains that interethnic marriage promotes ethnic unity and social stability. However, evidence indicates that the government’s program to incentivize and promote interethnic marriage is in fact a tactic intended to assimilate Uyghurs into Han society
- Forced and incentivized marriages in the Uyghur Region are forms of gender-based crimes that violate international human rights standards and further the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed in East Turkistan
# References
The Sinophone internet is awash with short videos promoting Han-Uyghur inter-marriage. This one asserts that Xinjiang has long been a mixed race region and is now safe and home to many beautiful and eligible Uyghur women who will appreciate a doting Han husband https://twitter.com/jleibold/status/1120824721124184064
This video asserts there are no major racial differences b/ Uyghurs & Han nor any scientific reasons why different minzu groups should not inter-marry. The only hurdles are culture & language. But don’t worry: there are many Uyghur women proficient in the Han culture/language https://twitter.com/jleibold/status/1120824724680876032