The first genre that I will be using is a map with explanation and analysis, since the topic of the Uyghur Muslims is so complex, I will need to dive deep into their history in order to understand their rich history and culture and to also answer the question of why the Xianing region is such an important place for the uyghur muslims but more importantly the chinese government’s agenda. This genre is an effective way of portraying my feature story because it’s very important to understand the context before diving into why the Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity in other words genocide. Am always fascinated with history, it’s always been my favorite subject so far in school and to get the chance to explore this complex issue with a historian lens is an honor. So in order to answer the question why this land is such an important place for the Uyghur Muslims and the chinese government, first we have to identify the land,

These pictures here show all the motivations that the Chinese government will need to claim control of the land. Motivations such as the amount of oil reserves in the Xinjiang region, it has the largest oil reserves in China. They also have abundant natural resources such as gas, coal, and cotton. The region is also very important because it’s population is different from any other Chinese province where the Han Chinese is the majority and it’s expected that people learn their language which is mandarin, however the Xinjiang region is different it’s culture, language, customs, religion everything about it is different and that’s one of the many reasons why it’s very crucial for Chinese Government  to control the people who live in that land, the Uyghur muslims.

Philosophical questions?

Why the Uyghur muslims genocide is different?

Its that the Uyghur Muslims genocide is still presently happening today, as opposed to the past like in Rwanda in Africa, the Holocaust, Bosnian Genocide and the Rohingya Genocide. The Uyghur Muslim genocide is nothing new to this same government (The Chinses Communist Party) they have also prosecuted many religious sects, example of such will be the tibetan unrest in the tibet region. You could help this by raising an awareness of this issue ( by posting about it on social media platforms, go out and protest) furthermore to also boycott some products of the Chinese government that we have been consuming, that are being forcefully made by Uyghur muslims without any proper compensation whatsoever. What also makes this genocide different is that people are still be silenced of speaking out about the genocide that’s taking place in the Xianing region.

What’s our duties to prevent genocide?

The duties are different for every person but fundamentally the core message of it should be to stop the genocide and to enforce international laws that countries can’t disobey, in contrast one major issue that the uyghur muslims were facing is that the UN itself didn’t condemn china early on which could prompted problems of credibility of the Uyghur muslims genocide. However to their credit they did rectify their mistakes later on there are also many examples of misinformation spread by the Chinese regime in order to suppress the uyghur muslims and any support from others. Our duties are simple yet effective is to educate others on these matters, after that to spread awareness around our leaders to also condemn and boycott the Chinese regime’s products. Since the majority of their workers in factories are forced labor where the majority is the uyghur muslims.

References

Work Cited

Chotiner, Isaac. “Why Hasn’t the U.N. Accused China of Genocide in Xinjiang?” The New Yorker, 13 September 2022, https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-hasnt-the-un-accused-china-of-genocide-in-xinjiang. Accessed 15 November 2023.

Works Cited

Maizland, Lindsay. “China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.” Council on Foreign Relations, 22 September 2022, https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights. Accessed 15 November 2023.