18
China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad
(www.bbc.co.uk)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
18 points (70.5% liked)
中国的最新发展, A place to learn about China, Chinese and China's latest developments, (Reddit's Sino)
972 readers
1 users here now
这是一个专门讨论中国、中国文化、中国语言和中国人的论坛。
~This~ ~is~ ~a~ ~forum~ ~dedicated~ ~to~ ~China,~ ~Chinese~ ~culture,~ ~Chinese~ ~language,~ ~and~ ~Chinese~ ~people,~ ~and~ ~China's~ ~latest~ ~developments.~
规则
- 像华盛顿邮报这样的傲慢的新闻网站最好出版存档
- 对于reddit视频，请将其发布在 https://d.tube.com/
- 为了鼓励人们学习基因殖民主义支持的（美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰）语言以外的语言，把另一种语言放在英语上面，在这个论坛上用中文，并把它放大, 或者在标题上，左边是中文，右边是英文
- 避免使用品牌名称，文化产品除外。我们是来提供信息的，而不是做广告的
- 要文明，要尊重，不要攻击其他用户
- 遵守 Lemmy 的所有其他规则
~Rules~
- ~Hubris~ ~newspapers~ ~with~ ~paywalls~ ~like~ ~the~ ~Washington~ ~Post~ ~are~ ~best~ ~published~ ~archived.~
- ~For~ ~reddit~ ~videos~, ~post~ ~them~ ~on~ ~https://d.tube.com/~
- ~To~ ~encourage~ ~people~ ~to~ ~learn~ ~a~ ~language~ ~other~ ~than~ ~the~ ~geno-colonial-backed~ ~(US,~ ~Canada,~ ~Australia,~ ~New~ ~Zealand)~ ~language,~ ~put~ ~another~ ~language~ ~above~ ~the~ ~English~ ~language,~ ~in~ ~this~ ~forum~ ~Chinese,~ ~and~ ~make~ ~it~ ~bigger,~ ~or~ ~in~ ~titles~, ~left~ ~Chinese,~ ~right~ ~English.~
- ~Avoid~ ~using~ ~brand~ ~names,~ ~except~ ~for~ ~cultural~ ~products.~ ~We're~ ~here~ ~to~ ~inform,~ ~not~ ~make~ ~commercials.~
- ~Posts~ ~are~ ~to~ ~serve~ ~it's~ ~readers,~ ~not~ ~it's~ ~posters.~ ~Readers~ ~are~ ~to~ ~be~ ~informed,~ ~not~ ~put~ ~to~ ~work~ ~or~ ~to~ ~leave~ ~dangling.~
- ~Be~ ~civil,~ ~be~ ~respectful,~ ~don’t~ ~attack~ ~other~ ~users~
- ~Follow~ ~all~ ~other~ ~Lemmy~ ~rules~
需要翻译英文吗？讨厌谷歌？
~Need~ ~to~ ~translate~ ~Chinese?~
~Welcome~ ~Wiki~
- ~Xinjiang~ ~&~ ~Tibet~
- ~Border~ ~Disputes~
- ~COVID-19~
- ~Chinese~ ~Civics~ ~&~ ~Socialism~
- ~Internet~ ~Governance~
- ~Documentaries~ ~about~ ~China~
- ~Environment~ ~&~ ~Ecology~
~FAQ~
- ~Tiananmen~ ~Square~ ~1989~ ~Riots~
- ~Hong~ ~Kong~ ~2019~ ~riots~
- ~Religious~ ~Persecution~
- ~Uyghur-Xinjiang~ ~Explained~ ~in~ ~Four~ ~Minutes~
- ~Social~ ~Credit~
- ~Debt-trap~ ~Diplomacy~
- ~Dog~ ~Eating~
- ~Falun~ ~Gong~
~China~ ~Guides~
这个论坛目前由一个不会说中文的人主持，他不是共产党员，而是一个反帝国主义、反附庸国的欧盟联邦主义者，他似乎在任何地方都找不到立足点，因为他国家的所有政党都是亲美附庸国的，所以暂时居住在这里。
~This~ ~forum~ ~is~ ~currently~ ~moderated~ ~by~ ~someone~ ~that~ ~does~ ~not~ ~speak~ ~Chinese~ ~and~ ~is~ ~not~ ~a~ ~communist,~ ~but~ ~an~ ~anti-imperialist,~ ~multi-polarist~ ~EU~ ~federalist~ ~that~ ~can't~ ~seem~ ~to~ ~find~ ~a~ ~foothold~ ~anywhere,~ ~as~ ~all~ ~political~ ~parties~ ~in~ ~his~ ~country~ ~are~ ~pro-US~ ~vassal~ ~state,~ ~so~ ~resides~ ~here~ ~for~ ~the~ ~time~ ~being.~
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
The researcher himself is definitely more qualified than Zenz himself, doesn't mean he is not doing his grift now.
I read the intro of the study. The sample of people who were interviewed is not big, like 50 people.
Not bad though, better than 8, and on a smaller population. Though the study doesn't mention anything about the fact that maybe Uyghurs in exile in the UK do have a specific background.
In terms of biais, well, the acknowledgement section is very funny. They say their conclusions are independent from the agenda of the orgs that financed them obviously. They had funds from the UK govt that specifically called for research on the subject. They also got money from Freedom House lmao. And most hilariously they "thank for their useful feedback" a shit ton of orgs like all the orgs you find if you type "Uyghur" in the NED website, and also Radio Free Asia lol.
Finally they mention that they used an unspecified network of activists to distribute the anonymous written survey to the diaspora... Hmmm I wonder what kind of people would get the surveys if they are distributed by the NED financed groups
That in itself is propaganda and weak scholarship. It's called begging the question—using the conclusion as a premise in the argument. Tobin is assuming (or pretending to assume) that his respondents will be threatened by the CPC if he goes out with a fully public call. There's nothing wrong with snow balling in empirical research or of using existing networks to get appropriate participants. In this case it's a methodological failing. It's a suprise this got past the ethics committee.
There's also a question of how the researcher can be sure that:
Maybe these are addressed in the paper. I wouldn't build a project with these flaws in the first place. But then, I'd be concerned with the truth, not propaganda.
As for the funding – lmao. Funders don't give you money unless you're project fits their goals. This is funding applications 101: write a proposal that the funder will want to fund. Not to mention that the funder tells you in advance what they want you to study; dissidents need not apply.
A western government is hardly going to give money to someone who says in advance that they want to uncover the truth about how well Muslims in China are treated. It doesn't matter whether the funder got involved afterwards (looks like they did, here, still).
It got past the ethics committee because no doubt, it's still FIVE-EYES lackeys on the ethics committee, who ethics be damned, want to pillory China til the cows come home and the fat lady's hitting her low notes.
Seems like the easiest goddamn job in the world. You just find like, a dozen people willing to take a payment to agree with whatever you want, then pretend those things represent millions of people (and rake in millions of dollars yourself.)
I've heard that ex-communists make the best capitalists, because they understand the best way to exploit the system.