Chatted with roommates of Han University about Xinjiang - the opinion of an ordinary resident of Urumqi

His college roommate was a Han from Urumqi (the capital of Xinjiang Province). His elders came to Xinjiang with the Production and Construction Corps when the People's Republic of China was founded. He did not have a clear and firm political stance. "Open-air prisons" can be considered more objective when looking at things, hate the media (party media and Western media), and don't believe in ideology (patriotism/democracy and freedom).

Although I have been in Urumqi, I also lived in Urumqi after graduating from university, but I like to play everywhere. I have also traveled to most of Xinjiang. After seeing the big news of the New York Times, I chatted with him and shared his knowledge and opinions. It is not necessarily correct. Remarks don't represent anyone, they are just information and opinions known to ordinary residents of Urumqi. If you believe it, you can believe it. If you don't believe it, you can read it as a joke. Try to recite the original words as truthfully as possible, which is more casual and fragmented, please bear with me.

PS: He (including many people in Xinjiang) called the concentration camps/re-education camps "study classes", hereinafter also referred to as study classes

About the New York Times report:

This is also called big news. I thought it was a record of mistreatment of students in the class. This semi-public official document is not classified at all. I don’t even bother to read it. It’s all mandarin clichés and boring.

The New York Times will turn against China. This kind of media can’t wait for you to watch the CCP. The good things done by the CCP will not be reported. They don’t know the real bad things they do. People scolded the Communist Party for oppression, and now they are locked up and scolded the Communist Party for oppression, fake news.

About the class:

Xinjiang study classes have been held for several years, and now they are quite effective.

Not only the Uighurs and other minorities entered, but also many Han people. Basically: those who promote extremist religious ideology, dress like Arabs, have criminal records, talk sloppily on the Internet, influence the implementation of policies and interfere with social order, Lao Lai will also enter, in short, anything that affects social stability will be arrested. . If you love the party, the country and yourself, no one will arrest you.

21 yuan for food is to be paid by oneself

I don't know what's going on in it, I haven't been there, anyway, it's not the same as a prison. People who have heard it say that it is high-intensity brainwashing every day, learning the core socialist values, and Xi Jinping's new era thought, which requires exams and memorization. Learning vocational skills is not like working in a prison every day. Will there be beatings and abuse? In the prison, the ghosts in the study class know, maybe, but I haven't heard of it.

Usually it will be released in about half a year. If the performance is good, it will be released sooner. The person who came out has a good transformation effect. I don’t know if I am convinced. Bar.

Regarding ethnic policy:

First-class foreigners and second-class officials, third-class minorities and fourth-class Hans, this is the ethnic policy of the Communist Party, shit.

It’s good for the Uighurs, but it’s better than the Hans anyway. As long as you keep yourselves safe, and ask for money for money and policies, I hope they can all get out of poverty. Look at how the democratic and free America treats extremist Muslims.

This is also called oppression. There are so many civilians in the civil servants of the armed police, and units within the system must require at least a certain percentage of the minorities to be hired. If you are promoted by the minorities much faster than the Han nationality, is there such oppression? The Communist Party Constitution does not abide by it at all. It says that party members must be atheists, but the young people believe in Allah to join the party and become an official. It is tacit approval, but you can't show it. At least it is not allowed to express in public. The Kazakhs are fine, but the Uyghurs are very strict.

To culture is to completely de-radicalize, to assimilate the secular culture in Chinese, and the goal is to transform Islam into a religion like Buddhism and Christianity, which is more peaceful and trouble-free. Of course, it’s best if you don’t believe in it.

About the changes in Xinjiang in recent years:

At first, it was nothing, there would be some conflicts, but it was generally harmonious. Later, the government's economy did not develop well, and the gap between the rich and the poor was large, especially in southern Xinjiang. There were a lot of rumors coming in, and countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia trained a bunch of terrorists to send them over. The more powerful ones are beating, smashing, looting and burning, attacking the police station, stabbing people with knives, and self-destructing. The main target of trouble is the government of the police station, regardless of ethnicity, and the more moderate and disobedient among the Uyghurs will also be killed. In southern Xinjiang, Sharia law was about to be implemented before. There were groups of Muslims driving caravans from every village to every village to search for things from house to house. When they saw TV and beer, they would snatch them and smash them. Women who wear turbans and robes are beaten. The Uyghur Quran has been rectified, the beards and robes have been rectified, and ethnic conflicts have become serious, and the Han people have to prepare weapons for self-defense.

Then there is the high-intensity maintenance of stability. Because there are no guns, knives must be controlled. In urban areas with many people, there are armed police everywhere. People go in public places to check their ID cards. Beards are not allowed to wear Arab robes, and the registration in places like mosques is relatively strict. Of course, if you don’t make trouble, the government will not mess with you for no reason. Online shopping is also inconvenient. Xinjiang is far enough away, and many suspected sensitive items are not allowed to be sent to Xinjiang. If you go online and provoke ethnic conflicts on public platforms or scold the government, someone will ask you to drink tea.

The investigation is still very strict now, but the law and order is much better than before. There have been no vicious incidents (dead and wounding) for 36 months, and even thieves are gone. The progress is 5 years ahead of the mainland. I really want to meet a triad, report one with at least 5,000, and I will send it when I encounter a gang.

It is impossible to do this for decades. Xinjiang spends too much money, and it costs tens of billions of dollars every year to maintain stability. This is not counting the annual support for Xinjiang's bridge and road construction industry. They have to pair up, help one-on-one, go to the countryside to live in other people's homes, and be responsible for correcting their wrong thinking. They also have to pay for their own meals. , how can I bear this, if it weren't for the money made by more grass-roots civil servants than the mainland civil servants, I would have quit long ago

I don’t know if precision poverty alleviation is useful. Some people are rich, and this kind of people is more happy, but most people can only say that their lives have improved slightly, and they are out of the state of extreme poverty. They are all old. , I can't learn Chinese, I'm lazy, I don't like to work, and once I stop sending money, I'm going to go back, so I don't think it's very useful

I don't know if brainwashing is useful or not. I think it should be useless. The Communist Party's propaganda department is too bad. Learn to strengthen the country every day, and post something empty and disgusting about loving the party, patriotism, and national unity.

Among the Uyghurs, the elderly may be more dissatisfied with the government, and the young may be more accepting, not because they are easily brainwashed, because Uyghur girls no longer have to wear robes and headscarves, they can wear short skirts and shorts, and their life style is also open. a lot of.

Economic development is like that. Anyway, I didn’t enjoy the dividends. However, as long as Xinjiang is safe, it is still comfortable to live in. The food is delicious and cheap.

Views on policies over the years:

You ask me if I support it, I say support, I'm a good citizen, why don't I support it, and I haven't entered the study class, why don't I support it, if you don't make trouble, the government won't mess with you, you don't look at how bad it was before Look, didn't you see that I voted with my feet?

you do not support? You are not worthy of opposition from a coastal person, and a poor person in Xinjiang. Do you think everyone is as rich as you are everywhere?

Inhumanity is inhumane. I don't care if the Uyghurs support me. Besides, most of them are good people. They should still support it. At least the ethnic conflicts are much better now.

Will you express your opinion online? Don't you die? You just go online and tell the truth, even if you say goodbye, you will be blocked, but you will not be allowed to care about politics.