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The US government takes advantage of ethnic tension and foments it for political gain, however they are not responsible for the tension existing in the first place. Ethnic conflict in China predates the United states existence. The concept of modern han chauvinism was internally criticized by Mao himself.
Again.... My point was that these types of propaganda campaigns are only effective because there are still systemic ethnic inequalities within China.
First of all, I am a socialist who was raised by an asian immigrant who had to leave their country because they were a socialist. Calling me a liberal is an insult to my family's honor.
Secondly most of that funding has gone to benefit ethnic Han who have migrated to the urbanized areas of Xijiang, which in turn has forced more of the minority population into the rural areas of the autonomous zone.
The studies I linked accounts for disparity between rural and urbanized areas of China. Even when accounting for spatial disparity economic stratification for ethnic minority groups is increasing in education, healthcare, and income.
Are you talking about the Baiyue people? That ethnic group was assimilated during the qin and han empire. It's no longer an actual ethnic group, though there are some theories that the boat people from Hong Kong are distantly related to them.
And I started out by explaining that Han chauvinism is the reason propaganda programs like the ones the US is utilizing is why they could gain popularity in the first place. I never said the US isn't taking advantage of the situation, just that the ethnic disparity is why it's effective.
When did I say they weren't running propaganda campaigns?
You are making a lot of assumptions based on one accurate criticism I have about the CCP. You've mostly been arguing against claims I've never made despite the fact that I started this conversation stating that I support the vast majority of the goals and policies of the CCP. You would think that someone with marx in their user name wouldn't be so knee jerkingly adverse to self criticism.