{"id":1635,"date":"2020-05-03T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2020-05-03T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:57:18","slug":"xinjiang-students-mandated-to-love-ccp-resist-us-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/2020\/05\/03\/xinjiang-students-mandated-to-love-ccp-resist-us-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Xinjiang Students Mandated to Love CCP, Resist \u2018US Interference\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sat, May 2, 2020
https:\/\/bitterwinter.org\/xinjiang-students-mandated-to-love-ccp-resist-us-interference\/?fbclid=IwAR25rq3-aLoA_4_E_2x9VJGnKVpK2ngjNFh3FMXYW_BccNpB7v2V_4tLER0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universities hold allegiance ceremonies for teachers and students, make them criticize countries that raise concerns over the mistreatment of Uyghurs.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Chang Xin<\/em>
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A student from inland China who is studying at a university in Xinjiang told Bitter Winter<\/em> that at the end of 2019, her school organized all students \u201cto swear allegiance to the motherland\u201d<\/a>  and promise to \u201cstand with the Chinese government forever.\u201d The gathered were also encouraged to shun the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act<\/a>\u2014the bill passed by the US House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority on December 3, 2019. It asks for personal sanctions against Chinese officers responsible for detaining millions of Uyghurs in the dreaded transformation through education camps and explicitly names Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo as a primary offender. The bill also bans sales of US-made goods to \u201cany State agent in Xinjiang.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone had to swear allegiance, no one dared to refuse,\u201d the student said helplessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the information on the Kashgar University website<\/a>, its Civil Engineering College also organized a themed meeting in December 2019 to criticize the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. The meeting was primarily dedicated to studying the multiple official statements issued by the Chinese government to protest the bill. It was also repeatedly asserted that the \u201canti-terrorism fight in Xinjiang had made the region harmonious and stable,\u201d resulting in \u201cunprecedented prosperity.\u201d The organizers accused the United States of interfering in China\u2019s internal affairs and called to \u201ccontinuously strengthen the ideological, political, and moral education, leaving no space for disseminating false thoughts and harmful speeches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teachers and students interviewed by Bitter Winter<\/em> believe that even though people are forced to swear allegiance to the government, it doesn\u2019t mean they will turn a blind eye on the hard facts of continuous violations of human rights in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Han Chinese teacher who works for the Xinjiang Aid program in rural Xinjiang said that all teachers were asked to prepare statements criticizing the Policy Act, which they should use to indoctrinate their students during mandatory national flag-raising ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransformation through education camps are real, and parents of many students are detained there,\u201d the teacher said, adding that Han Chinese teachers are often forced to cooperate with the government to monitor Uyghurs. She and her colleagues have been assigned to regularly visit or even live with local Uyghur families to observe what they do and say, as part of the \u201chome-stay\u201d program<\/a>. Some teachers were even arrested for expressing dissatisfaction with the government\u2019s suppressive policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the Uyghurs, it must feel like being kept in an invisible prison,\u201d the teacher was very sympathetic to the fate of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, teachers and students are also victims of human rights abuses as a result of the CCP\u2019s heavy-handed policy in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another interviewed university student from Xinjiang told Bitter Winter<\/em> that upon enrolling, the university asked each student to install a special app<\/a> so that the police could detect any \u201csensitive\u201d information on their smartphones. The app cannot be uninstalled without approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the enrollment day, she was also asked to swear to maintain a \u201cmodern civilized lifestyle,\u201d proactively resist \u201creligious infiltration,\u201d stay away from religious activities, promise not to wear religious clothing, accessories, or symbols, voluntarily assume legal responsibilities, and accept punishment imposed by the school if these requirements are violated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young woman feels suffocated seeing omnipresent checkpoints, pervasive surveillance, and the mistreatment of her Uyghur schoolmates. \u201cI\u2019m depressed in Xinjiang. I will get out of here as soon as I finish school,\u201d she is determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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