Pity the Uighurs. Over three years after I wrote about the plight of China’s beleaguered Turkic minority, their predicament has only gotten worse. Not content to crack down on sporadic outbursts of Uighur rage, China — still too big and non-white to oppose — now insists on regulating all aspects of Uighur life; and the result is a surveillance state on steroids.
Granted, China is an authoritarian country, for Uighurs and Han Chinese alike. China is also like all other non-Western countries, which don’t countenance abrasive minorities. However, China’s suppression of Uighurs goes well beyond standard majoritarianism. Along with rigid religious and cultural restrictions, China physically and digitally monitors Uighurs’ every move. As if that weren’t enough, even Uighurs’ DNA and irises are now up for grabs. If such extreme surveillance spreads beyond the confines of Xinjiang and China, we may end up pining for the good old days of NSA spying.
Chinese officials, however, insist that Uighurs are living better than ever. After all, thanks to Han Chinese settlement and investment, Xinjiang is much more modern and prosperous than before. Sure, Uighurs can’t so much as burp without alerting Chinese authorities. Still, better to drive through multiple security checkpoints than to have no modern roads to drive on. Or is it?
Naturally, a significant number of Uighurs disagree. They rightly recognize that no amount of infrastructure is worth losing one’s heritage and being displaced by hostile aliens. Sadly, such recognition does little to ward off the Chinese behemoth.
If it’s any consolation, Uighurs aren’t the only ones being undermined by Chinese invaders in the name of progress. In ethnically Chinese Hong Kong, influxes of mainland “locusts” and capital are driving economic growth.
Unfortunately, such gains come at the expense of regular Hong Kongers, who face stratospheric housing prices, intense competition, and an increased strain on myriad goods; and to top it off, the mainland is cracking down on Hong Kong’s limited political independence. Small wonder growing numbers of Hong Kongers are becoming increasingly radicalized. Like Uighurs in Xinjiang, they instinctively know that GPD increases don’t justify a loss of sovereignty. They know that self-determination and social cohesion count for more than the dubious wisdom of Vox’s open borders wonks.
Perhaps one day, more whites will imbibe this Asian wisdom! Of course, whites aren’t in the same boat as Uighurs and Hong Kongers. Nor are we likely be be ruled by China anytime soon (if ever). I also recognize that comparing state-sponsored Chinese colonists to westbound refugees and economic migrants is a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, the Xinjiang and Hong Kong quagmires serve as warnings for white countries — particularly the Anglosphere — that have grown addicted to immigration-fueled economic growth.
Now, just to be clear, one shouldn’t discount the importance of prosperity and economic improvements. As a passionate economic populist who’s lauded the work of Michael Hudson and Dean Baker, I take economics very seriously. That said, being cognizant of economic inequality isn’t the same as embracing economic determinism; and no sacrosanct identity or culture should ever be sacrificed on the altar of “the economy.” Fortunately, unlike powerless subjects such as benighted Uighurs and surly Hong Kongers, whites can still choose to not make such sacrifices.
They can start by sparing a thought for recent victims of locust swarms.
Granted, China is an authoritarian country, for Uighurs and Han Chinese alike. China is also like all other non-Western countries, which don’t countenance abrasive minorities. However, China’s suppression of Uighurs goes well beyond standard majoritarianism. Along with rigid religious and cultural restrictions, China physically and digitally monitors Uighurs’ every move. As if that weren’t enough, even Uighurs’ DNA and irises are now up for grabs. If such extreme surveillance spreads beyond the confines of Xinjiang and China, we may end up pining for the good old days of NSA spying.
Chinese officials, however, insist that Uighurs are living better than ever. After all, thanks to Han Chinese settlement and investment, Xinjiang is much more modern and prosperous than before. Sure, Uighurs can’t so much as burp without alerting Chinese authorities. Still, better to drive through multiple security checkpoints than to have no modern roads to drive on. Or is it?
Naturally, a significant number of Uighurs disagree. They rightly recognize that no amount of infrastructure is worth losing one’s heritage and being displaced by hostile aliens. Sadly, such recognition does little to ward off the Chinese behemoth.
If it’s any consolation, Uighurs aren’t the only ones being undermined by Chinese invaders in the name of progress. In ethnically Chinese Hong Kong, influxes of mainland “locusts” and capital are driving economic growth.
Unfortunately, such gains come at the expense of regular Hong Kongers, who face stratospheric housing prices, intense competition, and an increased strain on myriad goods; and to top it off, the mainland is cracking down on Hong Kong’s limited political independence. Small wonder growing numbers of Hong Kongers are becoming increasingly radicalized. Like Uighurs in Xinjiang, they instinctively know that GPD increases don’t justify a loss of sovereignty. They know that self-determination and social cohesion count for more than the dubious wisdom of Vox’s open borders wonks.
Perhaps one day, more whites will imbibe this Asian wisdom! Of course, whites aren’t in the same boat as Uighurs and Hong Kongers. Nor are we likely be be ruled by China anytime soon (if ever). I also recognize that comparing state-sponsored Chinese colonists to westbound refugees and economic migrants is a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, the Xinjiang and Hong Kong quagmires serve as warnings for white countries — particularly the Anglosphere — that have grown addicted to immigration-fueled economic growth.
Now, just to be clear, one shouldn’t discount the importance of prosperity and economic improvements. As a passionate economic populist who’s lauded the work of Michael Hudson and Dean Baker, I take economics very seriously. That said, being cognizant of economic inequality isn’t the same as embracing economic determinism; and no sacrosanct identity or culture should ever be sacrificed on the altar of “the economy.” Fortunately, unlike powerless subjects such as benighted Uighurs and surly Hong Kongers, whites can still choose to not make such sacrifices.
They can start by sparing a thought for recent victims of locust swarms.
We have state sponsored Chinese colonizers in USA. Both Democrats and mostly-! Republicans! are thier whores.
ReplyDeleteBritain never should have given Hong Kong over the China. She should have given them Independence. If they wanted to be governed by China they could have had a referendum.
Speaking of whores. Our London embassy lease went to Qatar holdings. Not to British. Hillary lobbied for Al Jazeera to be able to broadcast into our homes. Americans showed their balls and boycotted.
does our global security network and our military deals we make with other countries, allow foreign "security" agents and media opperatives to monitor, survail, record, follow and intimidate,frighten, influence, whisper in thier ears, American citizens? borne and bred?
why is Pat Buchanan such a Russo-whore and Irano-cuck?
We should do to China what we are doing to Oil Producing countries who betrayed the shit out of USA for a long time. All that wealth,jobs and energy and our best and brightest scientists went to them. They used it against the Western world and to fund terrorism and colonization. When Germany ask for help with the muslim invaders and terrorists the answer is "we will build 200 mosques and send our Imams to re-educate them". That is the wrong answer, bub. Now the wealth,technology and our best and brightest scientists will be flowing in our direction. And it was spare change we found in our couch for USA.
ReplyDeleteUSA should return our manufacturing from China to USA for national security reasons. As well as redistribute some of it to Latin America,Africa and other Asian countries who would love to have the chance and will not put everyone else out of work in the world and make itself a threat to us and the West. And do it environmentally responsible and pay pretty good.
Those Sino-cucks who love to say that China is not an expansionist Imperial power are incorrect and Agents of Influence.
ReplyDeleteBeing a fan of our own Manifest Destiny - i dont fault them. Just notice it. and it has positioned itself as a threat. We know not why. Just like Islam did- Communism did- and all the other past enemies and ideologies have.
why is my military running a whorehouse inside itself? There is an US Flag on that sleeve.
"If it’s any consolation, Uighurs aren’t the only ones being undermined by Chinese invaders in the name of progress. In ethnically Chinese Hong Kong, influxes of mainland “locusts” and capital are driving economic growth. Unfortunately, such gains come at the expense of regular Hong Kongers, who face stratospheric housing prices, intense competition, and an increased strain on myriad goods; and to top it off, the mainland is cracking down on Hong Kong’s limited political independence."
ReplyDeleteYou weaken your argument here. Hong Kong is part of China, and it was the foreign British Imperialists who justified their domination of that territory(along with Shanghai) on basis of economic growth and progress. It was the British who violated Chinese sovereignty and created the false notion of 'Hong Kong sovereignty'.
Hong Kongese who bitch about other Chinese and seek closer ties to the West are like the collabortionist Uighurs who side with Chinese against their own kind because they prioritize the good material life above all else. Hong Kong sovereignty was artificially constructed under European imperialism. It is not real.
Anyway, you defend Uighurs who prefer sovereignty over economic gain but then disparage Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong in favor economic privilege for Hong Kongers who wanna be 'honorary whites'. Hong Kong is part of China and must fully be absorbed. Xiangxiang is a different story because Uighurs were conquered by Chinese.
If sovereignty is most important, Hong Kong Chinese must favor Chinese-ness over economic privilege by regarding mainland Chinese as the Other and sucking up to globalist US.