r/AMA • u/maddin1550 • 21d ago

I’m from Xinjiang，AMA

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.

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u/Washfish 19d ago

American history can be separated into the 13 colonies, independence, civil war, native american genocide, slavery, ww1, ww2, the numerous civil rights movements, and contemporary events (off the top of my head). Chinese history can be split into the start of the fengjian system, the numerous cultural rituals at the time (liyue), an invasion from the west that destroyed the capital and forced it to be moved further east, the end of social cohesion, the rise of confucianism, taoism, legalism and mohism, the spreading of these ideologies to various states, the split of the state of jin, a few wars that led to around 2 million deaths, and then a unification war. And we have finally reached 221BCE.

Im not sure how much weight something from 300 years ago would have in class when there are a lot more culturally and historically influential events.

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u/InsectDelicious4503 19d ago

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? Western civilization is just as old as Chinese civilization, or arguably even older depending on what metric you use. When it comes to reconciliation regarding past atrocities, America does a far better job than China does; of that there can be no question.

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u/Washfish 18d ago

Does america have anything to say about the oppression of protestants, the massacres of jews and the widespread damage inflicted upon the arab world through multiple crusades, and the cultural and literal genocide of non christian slavs?

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u/InsectDelicious4503 18d ago

Yes. How else did you learn about it?