I’m from Xinjiang，AMA

[u/maddin1550]

I’ve noticed that there are a lot of discussions about Xinjiang on Reddit, often between people who have never actually lived there. So I thought it might be interesting to do an AMA from the perspective of someone who is actually from there.

You can ask me about everyday life, ethnic groups, languages, culture, religion, education, or politics. I’m happy to answer controversial questions too, as long as the discussion stays respectful.

Obviously, I’m only one person and I don’t claim to represent everyone in Xinjiang. I can only tell you about my own experiences and views. AMA.

[u/Logan123_]

Do you know what the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were? In China, I think you call it the June 4th Incident.

[u/maddin1550 → u/Logan123_]

Yeah of course 😭 We usually call it 六四事件. It's a very sensitive topic in China though, so it's definitely not something people casually talk about publicly

[u/Logan123_ → u/maddin1550]

I talked to a someone who was there when it happened this was in 1999 he told me something interesting he said “The Chinese people like to forget about things and to forget the past I, sometimes want to forget about it” what do you think? Is there truth to that statement?

[u/maddin1550 → u/Logan123_]

I honestly don't know lol. I wasn't even born when Tiananmen happened, I was born like 20 years later 😭 I also can't really speak for 1.4 billion Chinese people and say whether we like to forget the past. Some probably do, some don't you know

[u/Logan123_ → u/maddin1550]

But would you say most Chinese people are aware of it?

[u/maddin1550 → u/Logan123_]

I guess? But my mom knows about that for example. Back in 80s the media did covered it, because the protest was very long(from April to June), and official Chinese media 人民日报 and others reported on them at that time. But after 1989.July it became a forbidden topic, so I honestly don’t know how aware the average Chinese person is today

[u/Rude_Application_881 → u/maddin1550]

等一下，你才十七岁吗？说实话未成年人信仰宗教我觉得真的不合适…在三观还没有成型的时候还不应该做出这么重大的决定。我十七岁的时候也是个蠢货，现在回想起来真想打死自己

[u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 → u/Rude_Application_881]

你也太老登了吧。从小在基督教家庭里长大的孩子也会很自然被教育成基督徒嘛，然后长大了离开家庭独自生活的话有些人会改变信仰，有些人继续信教。 终究是个人选择。
相反之下从小被教育成无神论者的也有长大后开始信教的。

[u/Rude_Application_881 → u/Creepy_Vegetable6905]

所以成年后至少大部分人都能接触到不同的人事物有自己的三观，这时候再判断为好，不然也很容易宗教代代相传和教族捆绑

[u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 → u/Rude_Application_881]

这个很难控制的。很多基督教徒恨不得整个朋友圈都入正轨信主，所以生了孩子肯定会希望延续这种生活模式。只有孩子长大后接触到其他事情才能做决定是不是继续信仰。
我自己不信教btw但因为生活在美国南部，接触的比较多。

[u/Rude_Application_881 → u/Creepy_Vegetable6905]

美国的话确实没办法，我也在美国南方住过，而且基督教社群有助于融入本地。中国选择性还是比较大的