China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the human rights abuses the Uighur people are facing at the hands of the Chinese government, and why those atrocities are worth our undivided attention.
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[@JaredFont]

When people ask how was Germany able to do what they did, this is how. Nobody will do a thing.

[@peterwang5660]

or can at this point.

[@Demonstraction]

I used to ask myself how the German citizens allowed a fascist to take over like Hitler did. Being a citizen in the US right now, I don't wonder that anymore. Edit: You people trying to explain what a "dire economic situation" Germany was in at the time are only proving my point. Trump also pointed out many of the problems in the US that people were facing and capitalized on it. His solutions are wrong, but he won people over nonetheless. Would you use the same excuse "you should have seen the economic state of the US at the time Trump was elected, the middle class was really suffering and that's why they voted Trump in" ? There's so much more than this reductionist argument, and my entire point was really trying to point out that fascism doesn't just happen overnight. It happens slowly as the citizens are subject to mass propaganda and cults of personality. Checks and balances are stripped away and power is consolidated among yes-men. The similarities between the rise of trump and the rise of hitler are strikingly similar, except hitler was a great orator, and trump only uses his racism as a tool to sow discord. Regardless, I sure hope the ending changes in this parallel. Vote in 2020 people! No matter what.

[@mobaby1979]

Stole my comment.

[@AkaroXIV]

Krypto ツ Why?

[@technolegends306]

@@Demonstraction Hitler used politics. He used the Treaty of Versailles (Which was the dumbest thing the allies could've done, every country is to blame for WW1 they all fought for their own selfish reasons: France because they want their territory back that they lost to the Germans a couple decades before, England because they wanted to be the only largest fleet in the world and Germany was expanding their own, Germany because their ally Austro-Hungary declared war to Serbia etc etc.) Hitler used the Economic crissis, the large amount of people who lost their jobs, The idea of being "Backstabbed" by the new gouverment. (Trying to get WW1 veterans on his side) Germany was suffering as a country because of that Treaty and Hitler used it to his adventage. That's why German citizens voted him in

[@ZagND]

My respect goes to John Oliver and the team for making a story on the topic that many are even too afraid to address.

[@jacinta3178]

No one is afraid to address this topic. Anti China propaganda is the new WMD. John Oliver is a bootlicking puppet, sad I used to like him so much

[@osmanbinomar7132]

@@jacinta3178 lol imagine calling the Holocaust a propaganda

[@instakee7040]

@John Smith BS.

[@michaprost4123]

No one in the West or India, or Latin America is afraid of criticizing and attacking China on behalf of what the Uyghurs are going through. This subject is literally almost always in the news.

[@PlatoonGoon]

@@jacinta3178 You're so stupid it's incredible. I'd place a bet you use the word sheep unironically.

[@merissaj4518]

I feel for that mother. I burst into tears when her daughter said "I missed my mommy." I don't know what I would do if I was forcibly separated from my child.

[@mechengr1731]

The little girl saying, " I told you not to show your tears" was even more heartbreaking, bc that's what she heard while her mother was gone. Showing your tears is a bad thing...

[@whatever3259]

I am sobbing my heart out right now about that 😭😭😭😭😭

[@cosmoray9750]

quaint villages to beautiful beaches 🚴🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mojcdmymgqx-bLM

[@VincentIrkallaOfficial]

Ask a couple thousand migrants at your nation’s border.

[@merissaj4518]

@@VincentIrkallaOfficial What nation is that?

[@DavidVT23]

"The largest collection of shoes since the Holocaust" isn't an example pulled out of nowhere. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum actually has an exhibit of 4,000 shoes from Majdanek. Auschwitz has a photo of one day's collection: 25,000 shoes.

[@user-ve7hn2dh8h]

Nice " fun fact".. I don't know why you came up with it but ok

[@vincentyou266]

@@user-ve7hn2dh8h I appreciated it.

[@alanpectol902]

@@user-ve7hn2dh8h because it is true . Look it up

[@Viking_Luchador]

"Ooh, free shoes!" --Marjorie Taylor Greene

[@idalarsen2540]

I've been to many camps in Germany and Poland and such, and they show massive amounts of the shoes that were left, along with everything else, like glasses, clothing etc. The shoes represent a great part of the tragedy from WW2. It's become an important, yet grusome symbol.. anyone defending these camps in China is simply, and frankly disgusting put mildly. This can't be ignored.. not at all.

[@muhammedyousif7864]

i can't believe it!! an actual american talk show TALKS about the Uighurs' tragic events!? cheers for you john oliver

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

He did this years ago too haha still when have you heard about this on fox or cnn whatever trump? never not once.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Passionate topic for you?

[@tomo.6711]

There is some turmoil going on in tje us, i would think. But the same week the us closes a chinese consulate and puts in motion an AntiChina campaign this piece comes out. They are throwing away their credibility really

[@aletarossi-thomas152]

@@voornaamachternaam1364 @reaptheWhirlwind said 'american talk show'

[@davidk591]

@@reapthewhirlwind6915 Lies.. Tucker talks about it a lot. You may want to watch a few of his shows before making such statements. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bMYZSPZ9uqrZo @5:20

[@lifeguardpanda]

Did anyone notice that this segment didn't get put on Trending on KZbin, when usually KZbin always put John Oliver on Trending

[@TheZombieTroll]

Most videos with the topic of China never do. No matter how popular they are. China + KZbin = Oil + Water

[@juanduenas1943]

Did anyone notice how this is actaully really old news. Stop watching mainstream garbage.

[@bluecaptainIT]

Well, it was recommended to me! Maybe because I follow some critique of China.

[@becomingsentient1208]

@@juanduenas1943 The fact that you can call it "old news" shows that the same garbage has been happening for so long that you can't be outraged anymore.

[@tsquare852]

Oop

[@ZONEDINN528]

Almost a year since this video, I think we need to do another one, Jon. Please.

[@PerryCoxPF93]

No more imperial propaganda please. Uyghur genocide narrative collapsed under the smallest scrutiny.

[@moeburn]

@@PerryCoxPF93 ^^This is what Chinese people actually believe!

[@jamesdavis1917]

@@PerryCoxPF93 Care to provide evidence for that? Because I see lots of evidence it is happening, and anytime I ask for evidence it isn't, I just get whataboutism regarding the united states' shitty acts

[@PerryCoxPF93]

@@jamesdavis1917 well considering the west is spurring this frenzy the burden of proof is on them but sure I'll say a few things. Google bbc's article researching the centers. No forced labor, torture or anything pernicious found. Universal electronics just fired uyghur workers over "forced labor" despite no one finding evidence of such. Now uyghur populations have lost jobs due to US/EU sanctions. No evidence also provided on uygur forced cotton production but again the people pushing that narrative were republican and democrat senators. Hardly the most trustworthy people in the world

[@PREDATORWR]

@@PerryCoxPF93 Im surprised your government is even letting you watch this video lmao

[@azhar8598]

My heart literally got broken into pieces and I started crying when I saw the bold little baby girl pampering her mother not to cry 😭😭😭

[@leohumbarelly861]

As a German it makes me sick to see how the world is again watching history repeat itself. Especially us Germans should act and react upon it. EDIT: Didn't want to spark a national debate. We're all Humans after all.

[@tjorven0110]

@@martinhorvath4117 well cant really Blame someone who probably is "Hungry" all the time

[@eeenudzimisie9140]

@@martinhorvath4117 as a polish guy i dont give a shit about anybody Except kids playing fortnite, im afraid its too late to help them

[@ChellyBean]

The German and Jewish communities, I feel, should be the most outspoken about this, given our histories. We both made a promise: "Never again." And now it's here. At our doorstep. Happening right now. We can't stay silent. My Grandma is an Auschwitz Survivor, and that drone footage of Uighurs being taken off trains haunted me

[@Remasuri3]

I absolutely agree! It is sad to see all the things happen again that we learned about so much in school. Thanks to us being almost being overtaught about Nazi-Germany. I'm always so surprised when NOTHING is even being said by politicians about the crimes that the CCP is commiting. The whole world seems to be scared of china...

[@georgerogers2120]

Seriously. The VW guy should be dragged behind one of his fancy cars until he's just a necktie and some scraps of ragged skin.

[@XX-fp8bp]

Finally someone with a big audience who talks about this

[@NBGTFO]

Yeah, get your news from unfunny comedians. Seems like a smart thing to do. Idiot.

[@Thattyguy_]

i texted my fiends the exact same thing when i saw this on my youtube feed

[@MatouMeuCuComForca]

@@NBGTFO If he's happy someone with a big audience is talking about this, that's because he watched it before from another, smaller, source and thus didn't get his information from John Oliver. And even if he did, what the hell is your point exactly? Are you saying what John said is false on the basis of he having said it?

[@TheorientalAsianman]

@@NBGTFO How? and what is your point?

[@ChunChun498]

I am thinking the same as well! finally!

[@luislozano6073]

"Human rights should be completely non negotiable" read it carefully while giving your money to FIFA and Qatar while watching the World Cup.

[@abrahamlincoln6704]

Don't forget Qatar, Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine😂😂😂😂

[@anniewhite5707]

As a mother of a young child, my heart completely broke for the woman who was separated from her little girl for 2 years. This is fucking unconscionable.

[@ibrahimalharbi3358]

What do you think of people who deny God?

[@ariestheram5693]

"It's completely possibly for two things to be wrong at the same time" is a sentence that people these days desperately needs to hear

[@o.fernandez4848]

Indeed

[@mrsoshadabaadman]

People I think enjoy predictability. So choosing sides makes an ocean of complexity into a jacuzzi of comfortable distilled ideas.

[@HazeLeague]

It's sad that this is not clear at all. It's like Religion, they think they proof their point by debunking other theories. But two "wrong" dont will get you a "right".

[@tylerhackner9731]

Agreed. Nuance is important.

[@hookyhook6006]

@@HazeLeague Sins don’t forgive other sins, I guess.

[@tchaffman]

Remember when we were all learning about the holocaust in grade school and wondering how people in other countries were clueless what was going on and why there weren’t many who explicitly sounded the alarm about the death camps - And then we thought something idealistic to ourselves like “Wow, if anything like that ever happens on such a massive scale again, there’s no way that we’re gonna stand around and pretend to be ignorant!”? Well that’s what’s happening here - Case in point.

[@Megaranator]

interestingly enough something like that happened right after with SSR

[@31er_ohne_AMG]

Because no one cares unless it actively affects you or its profitable. Do you think the Nazis were pushed back because they had concentration camps? No, its because they threatened other nations.

[@nerdfightercommenter6969]

I feel like part of the problem is the way that we teach history. Many curriculums do not connect topics with how they'd be relevant to modern times and they allow their students to feel distanced from these events.

[@autistiumhydroxide3614]

@@31er_ohne_AMG I'm sure some people care, but what do you expect them to do, declare war on China, sneak in and liberate these people?

[@binatangmerah]

​@@autistiumhydroxide3614 Consumer power is real power if it's organized and directed at a cause. Boycott, boycott, boycott.

[@Joker-lt3vm]

We need more brave people like you in this world, those who raise their voices regardless of nationality, race and religion, wherever an innocent person is wronged.

[@abdelbassetkhoudour9636]

Much respect to you for raising this subject

[@jules6631]

just a note: the girl w/ the eyelash tutorial actually got banned for that, which is generally in line for the anti ccp content that gets taken down pretty frequently on the platform

[@OgGwuap]

doesn't the Chinese government run and steal information from tik Tok basically?

[@tessharding576]

Holy shit! That’s against free speech rights

[@sydneywilliams4796]

Tess Harding not when the app is Chinese it’s not

[@dhyeymishra971]

Due to CCP's influence, India took down the dumb Tiktok app 🇮🇳

[@shortypam]

Yeah TikTok don’t like it when you talk crap about China

[@alexanderbruwer9363]

The fact that you guys didn't censor the Chinese dictator by covering him with a picture of Winnie the Pooh is a big lost opportunity

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

OMG YES I hope that he does it in the future. We'll watch and see then laugh until realizing more must have happened for Xi to be the topic. 😂🤣😥😑

[@mindgamewords]

They are scared too

[@Hirnlego999]

@@mindgamewords Nah, this is HBO, they likely won't take any economic hits for criticizing China. They've done it before after all.

[@adabsurdum5905]

Did they not? I cant really tell the difference between them

[@arturodejesuscruzcasab9502]

@@adabsurdum5905 He mocked Xi in a previous video, I think.

[@cmillerg6306]

Why is it that 24/7/Breaking News! outfits like CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC, etc. don't regularly inform us of this and 50 other issues that a comedian somehow can find the time to do? Our McAction News(TM) fails us every day, slobbering over celebrities, etc.

[@zacharynolan9553]

Bruh, some of the source clips used in THIS show are from some of the “outfits” you mentioned…

[@syeansim1693]

your main stream medias are not reporting it because IT'S NOT TRUE...

[@poeticalvision]

@@syeansim1693 Jesus man get your head out of the clouds. Its obvious what is happening.

[@dss6838]

@@syeansim1693 it's as true as you being born from your mom

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

That’s one of the many reasons I don’t watch American news. I have to watch Canadian, British, Australian, Indian and German news to find out what’s happening in America and around the world. They have their issues too but it’s better than watching the Liberals fight the Republicans on American news.

[@bazingaburg8264]

Imagine being seperated from family by some fucked up re-education camp only to be welcomed home by your youngest, who has already internalized that showing emotions is bad or dangerous. I'd be inconsolable too.

[@jrg2866]

So much for "never again." We're always willing to ignore human rights violations as they're far enough away, aren't we?

[@astrowolvez]

Even when it's close to home. "If they don't look like me I don't care."

[@saikatbag3961]

Human rights 😂😂

[@thequantumalchemist2965]

Oh PS I also highly recommend people look up "Operation Earnest Voice"(OEV in short). That explains a lot of, clearly botlike but pro US comments in here. This is the name of the US official botarmy. Leaked by Assange and others 2014, and since then not even the government denies the existance anymore. However the media still covers it up, which is no surprise once y ou know what "Operation Mockingbird" is all about. The next thing I highly recommend readers to check out. And while you are at it throw in Patriotic Act and Espionage Act as well.

[@fgjhham89]

Or when the countries doing it are economically important enough

[@keveinkevin4422]

Sent from my IPhone

[@PeeyushBhatia]

"Human rights are non-negotiable". This phrase summarizes it all.

[@DibbiDu2]

although I know of all the flaws my fellow citzens have, I‘m really proud to have this as the first article of our Constitution: Human dignity is inviolable. When I see reports like this, I remember, why it‘s there.

[@dylans8198]

Unless you're American and you decide to invade a country for made up reasons. Then Human Rights are completely irrelevant, and nobody will care.

[@laurendoe168]

Sadly, this is how China feels about human rights - they are not negotiating this issue.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Well, they should be. Some people are just too tempted or addicted to the powers that come from subverting them.

[@kevinz2000]

@Christian Bai Are those countries better off than they were before the invasion? Are people living in those countries happier than before? Do you know how many civilian lost their life because of the invasion and the chaos afterwards? Look in a mirror first if you want to see evil!

[@kaylynn600]

We haven't forgotten This has gotten nearly 10 million views- there's no way everyone just forgot.

[@nathanfielure4305]

If you want to watch a debunk video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqq4g3yJbLhssMk

[@cw2840]

Weird how now western media is rolling back the claims of genocide now after millions of tourists visited xinjang and found out it was all bullshit and that this was a propaganda campaign to get public consent to intervene with China and you fell for it. Just like how if this was 2003 you would have fallen for the weapons of mass destruction narrative in Iraq

[@alertaidiota6227]

@@cw2840 What a lovely fairytale you just came up with.. So sad it's anything but real

[@cw2840]

@@alertaidiota6227 literally look at AP news article that came out a week ago saying the genocide just all of a sudden is over now LMAOO. Love how u we’re so confident yet didn’t even know what tf u were talking about. Cope. There was never genocide and you fell for yet another lie like the gullible person you are

[@thunderbolt4451]

@@alertaidiota6227 I dont know whether the uyghurs are going through this or not but western countries have no right to tell that to china when they are killing millions in the middle east

[@RJ-mh3ox]

I can’t imagine what the child has been through just the way she speaks its like a wise aunty it’s so sad she’s definitely stronger than most of us in all honesty she’s going to do great things in life

[@SarahWheeleeTravels]

Anyone talking about why she talked about an eyelash curler for 10 seconds before laying into the real story to get past the censors... gen z knows how to get around the system.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Her account was deleted

[@compteofficiel4112]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan if true (you have proof?), that casts a shadow on TikTok's claims of independence, doesn't it? Maybe TikTok is dangerous after all...

[@FloatingOer]

@@compteofficiel4112 What do you mean independence? it's literally a Chinese company

[@AikiraBeats]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan fact though

[@compteofficiel4112]

@@FloatingOer According the founder, the TikTok running in America is a seperate company, and not beholden to Chinese law. According to the founder..... I read a long article on it...they say the data is never stored in China at all, and ..so on. Obviously this could be a load of shit, I'm not dumb. However, the pending sale to Microsoft kind of proves his point...if it was part of the Chinese company(/ies?) he also runs, how could it be sold like that, as an independent unit...and of course Gates and Co. will be getting all the source code which will be examined with a fine-toothed-comb to be sure, by 1000s of top flight computer scientists and engineers, so any backdoor or whatever would be found. The speed at which that deal came about wouldn't give them time to really clean up the whole codebase and such, i don't think...making me think that maybe it is "seperate" ....and of course young tech billionaires can be pretty naive too, and maybe he actually believes the Chinese government wouldn't twist his arm...

[@walterzamalis4846]

Why do people use the softer term “forced labour” and not “slavery”?

[@FluteHaoran1997]

Because it's not either

[@walterzamalis4846]

@@jamiea645 yeah, but this is actual slavery, not a metaphor. The Uighurs aren't getting paid, aren't they?

[@Saiputera]

What can John oliver do to china? Progressive are powerless lmao

[@GloomGaiGar]

because they both have technically different meanings

[@sharon_ng]

I think if you have to work to survive, it is outright forced labour. But on the other hand, if you don't work, can you survive? Slavery is even worse by not being paid, and forced labour pays you, so they're different. I think helping the Uighurs to get a job is not a bad thing, and moreover, they're doing lawful work.

[@potaterjim]

"should we wait for it?" YES THAT IS LITERALLY THE CORNERSTONE OF JUSTICE

[@dogboy3045]

Thank you for talking about things other media sources are afraid to on the grounds of sponsorship loss, finances and upsetting viewers. This is important!

[@kpop06]

This is where Disney filmed part of their scenes in Mulan?? And Disney was *unaware? Hollywood is such a sellout.

[@meganlamb7665]

Are you sure Disney didn’t film there to raise awareness in a subtle way without making China rain hell on then

[@kpop06]

@@meganlamb7665 You're an optimist. I admire that. I personally don't think Disney is capable of that kind of altruistic subterfuge. Occam's Razor - it's all about the China money.

[@Epeefoiler]

Are you sure what John said is truth or full of shxt? Search 'John Oliver uygur debunked' you'll find out the truth.

[@AzureFides]

Xinjiang region is really huge, it's larger than most Europe country. Blaming Disney just for filming there is so damn unfair. It's like someone blaming you for support communist in China just because you use Tik Tok or any made in china product.

[@YouRegolo]

I know right? That is terrible! They also used the english language to write the script! Can you believe it? Let's stop using english now, it's for a good cause!

[@dansstreet]

Never again. Unless the perpetrator is the second biggest economy in the world.

[@picklerick7803]

Underrated comment.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

and army

[@allisonavery7273]

Bump

[@SuicidelG]

Or if the perpetrator is the largest economy and theyre latinos

[@johngavazaj599]

What u want to do about it u prob hate America for going to war abroad and now you ask the Us to stop this also why not ask the European countries cuz they are so high and mighty ]

[@ReinAfterDark]

Chinese nationalists: we have done an internal investigation and we have found ourselves not guilty

[@virajkapadiya8116]

lol

[@user-ce6bw5ks5b]

bro，media just concern with how they profit，they dont even care about if the news are true.As a chinese，i can absolutely tell you there is no such thing as genocide the people see it most clearly，the truth is hidden behind cuz western governments are trying to turn the blame on us，and its unbelievable for many people to believe all of this，please go and learn chinese history，you’ll get to know what the country， the government is like，do me a favor

[@ReinAfterDark]

@@user-ce6bw5ks5b dude I study a lot of history, and yes China has been historically fucked over by western powers and its dreadful, the opium wars being the famous things that happened, but this genocide and atrocity is happening, tianamen square happened and China says it doesn't and now this is happening as well and they are denying it, you as a regular citizen isn't facing the hardships nor do I wish them upon you but they are happening

[@user-ce6bw5ks5b]

@@ReinAfterDark lol，medias talked about bullshits without evidance just try to blame us like a hundred years ago，you had better figure out what is Regional ethnic autonomy，what they said is completely divorced from the fact and about genocide，i think american and canadian have more speaking rights，they do bunch of stuffs even more brutal.i cant deny china is weak a hundred years ago，but it wont befucked up again.Listen up，time will prove everything.they are ignoring the fact，and spreading those lies through the Internet.if i am you，of course i will be mislead by it. you dont even know how much discrimination do chinese suffer. and you know what，the so called interview is not even genocide，medias are taking advantage of what you even dont understand. of course im a resident，and as a resident，i will defend my country not only a patriot will.China will face up to all criticism, but not groundless accusations.I'd be happy to argue with yall guys.

[@user-ce6bw5ks5b]

any genocide in tiananmen square？I don't think that you know better than I do

[@user-sh1wr8vk1p]

I respect 👏u , good work , from Cairo,Egypt

[@emarsk77]

I would have never thought to applaud a girl teaching how to curl your eyelashes on TikTok but here you go. Well done, lady.

[@helenlundy1468]

TikTok is actually an incredible source for information if you follow the right people- I learned about this very issue on TikTok weeks ago, as so much about LGBTQIA+ issues, BLM protesting and activism tips, and so much more.

[@raTTy_auT]

@@helenlundy1468 so are you a source of information. i am not not talking about the usual data collection on social sites we all accepted. If you google the guy who reverse engineered tiktok, he said he never found anything like that. Tiktok is by far the worst. Oh found a link: www.boredpanda.com/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting/

[@rozempire2843]

Helen Lundy I’ve honestly learned so much from Tik Tok

[@Odinsday]

Gen Z is slowly becoming the greatest generation.

[@knight1506]

The video have been taken down by Tiktok short time after she posted, her account also got banned

[@simplethings3730]

"Human rights should be non negotiable". Somebody had to actually say this?

[@keithknetge6908]

It depends what you think human rights are

[@filmtheory783]

Your wearing a mask to protect you from a cold nuff said

[@filmtheory783]

@John Smith wearing no face mask is a human right unless your tom wolf then you dont really believe in that stuff

[@timothymiddleton6651]

How can you say they aren’t when historically they most definitely are?

[@LightWillSine]

Unfortunately it always turned to political! People used politics to justify harassment. Amy Cooper used her leverage to hurt a black man and Mr Congressman used his being man to hurt another congreswomen. When hate, jealousy and self superiority surround an individual, he or she uses all means to justify the crime or bad acts. Satan could not accept an error prone human being to be blessed ! Feeling of “I am better than another or I deserve better” can lead to evil. “ I will do the right thing to respect the creation and life” can lead to angelic results!

[@shrubert]

As an Australian, I got irrationally excited by the cameo of Four Corners and the ABC.... and now I feel silly.

[@onurvx5996]

A girl protesting China in a Chinese app, Bloody Legend.

[@owlyjr]

@star 3 Ahem...under Chinese law, Tik Tok is required to turn over any information or data requested by the Chinese govt

[@owlyjr]

@star 3 I don't understand your answer 🤦🏽 Governments in democratic countries do not have the power to demand any information they like from private companies. That only happens under totalitarian regimes like the CCP.

[@owlyjr]

@star 3 I think the original poster was simply saying that it was a nice to see a Chinese app (which admittedly has been banned in China) being used to criticize the Chinese government. That's all. I just don't see the need for you to be all smug about it.

[@theone0201]

That little girl wiping mom's tears.. man this world is cruel.

[@raghavchohda7290]

It was always cruel. It is a damn cruel and destructive world where little or literally zero value is given to humanity in view of capitalism. hence exploitation

[@Thedownwardmineon]

absolutely shredded me

[@mirna-garcia]

and that for doing absolutely nothing, nothing at all, just existing, it's sickening

[@tomsullivanmartinez8943]

People are living in peace and prosperity in Xinjiang. John Oliver is repeating lies for his corporate sponsors. If he really reported the news, he would be talking about Palestine every single night.

[@joshish9884]

@@raghavchohda7290 you misspelled 'communism'.

[@isultansultangaliev5852]

As a Kazakh, I can't really express how grateful I am that you spoke on this subject.

[@thehighfresh3348]

ぼりよしはると although I don’t agree with you that the Japanese should rule I think you are right in the fact that the people in xianiang must be saved through military intervention

[@sitemp1]

@ぼりよしはると This is some anti japanese account :D

[@zacharydavis4398]

"Human rights should be completely nonnegotiable" Preach!

[@eeyore345]

Thank you John Oliver. Would be great if you can also do a show on police brutality and the degradation on the judiciary system in HK. 🙏

[@mishaf19]

Both are absolutely horrifying. Hong Kong’s police are objectively more violent then America’s. Not a defense, just a fact.

[@noyes8882]

​@Texx Mexx woah is this the real Xi xinping?!!??!?!?! I'm a big fan of Winnie-the-Pooh!!!

[@ChainReactionsProductions]

You know things are bad when John Oliver says “We’re taking a break from reporting on the global pandemic to talk about the mass incarceration of an ethnic minority group”... Twice.

[@cassied.6731]

It took me a second, but then I remembered that while the US is garbage as normal, it's also being more publically garbage than normal. Like normally the rest of the world wrinkles its nose and looks a little unsure, but now they point and say, "that's garbage, maybe stop," as they should be doing.

[@oldwong5977]

My advice to people is to buy an air ticket and visit Xinjiang after the pandemic. For reporters, please be professional, go there NOW and film at the spot. This is 2020, not 1989. Everyone can see the propaganda here.

[@hemantkarasala5767]

@@sebabenda4950 That is not a justification for civil liberties clampdown on the entire population belonging to a particular religion and ethnicity. John opposes such generalization based human rights violation ideas in the West (from Trump), and also in China.

[@justdoit8075]

If you guys want to know what YOU can do personally watch this video, it's long but the situation is complicated so I suggest watching it. Please don't forget this like we forget everything else as the next big thing comes around. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npbWq2euZayFmqs And here's a video of a personal first hand account from a Uyghur woman who suffered through concentration camps. It is very hard to watch but I feel that it's necessary to understand just how brutal the reality of the situation is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5CYhaaDnN53mJo

[@101bajan]

I imagined John saying this

[@prajyotagrawal9737]

"It's completely possible for 2 things to be wrong at the same time." - John Oliver 2020 about US and China.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

also they're literally copying our Native American Playbook with reeducation camps

[@vincentlance]

@@MajorMlgNoob and the Nazis attempt at expansion was trying to mirror manifest destiny. Our own national sins do not lessen those commiting them right now.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@@MajorMlgNoob chinese didn't do a genocide (yet) like the U.S. you can't compare it

[@mu1141]

@@iamaloafofbread8926 but they're trying really hard to be close to it

[@chefmdecamp]

@@vincentlance And China is Nazi Germany, but only if 1 in 5 people on Earth were German during WWII. Because that's China's percentage of the world population. 1 in 5 people on this planet are Chinese, living in China. Stopping China is going to be incredibly hard.

[@sneaks9150]

John, I know a lot is going on in the Slavic countries, but I think we're overdue for the "China & Uighurs II" video

[@jasonyitzie]

Thank you so much for making this!!! Amazing!!!

[@kaiki8490]

Unfortunately this is fake news. The way US handle muslims like this is to sent them to guantanamo bay not vocational training. This so call prison camp allows students to go home every weekend. Do inmates in gimo get to do that. John oliver is a funny comedian who used to work for the bbc, but bbc has suffered budget cuts, staff layoffs. All the good journos in bbc are gone. BBC's report uyghur labour Exposed by numuves kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OuZoCbbdKUfZY Ex FBI predicted Xinjiang crisis in 2015 by numuves kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LMpYuJmc95hpo Greyzone wipe out china thegrayzone.com/2021/03/31/china-uyghur-gun-soldiers-empire/ Eyeopener Sibel Edmonds on Gladio B By Newsbud kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6C9hHSqoZx6rLM Israel Xinjiang ychina cotton kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGjThmOPl9SppMU

[@HarshNerf]

@@kaiki8490 lmao 50 cents deposited in your acc

[@kaiki8490]

@@HarshNerf Not from china Just sick of all the violence against asians Did you even bother to look at done of the links i posted. Check out numuves bbc exposed This is the standard of journalism everywhere today. Also look up edward snowden and fives eyes. America under Trump drops a bomb on a muslim country every 12 minutes. Where is outrage there. Think of the money which should going to schools or healthcare being spent on bombs.

[@lio7076]

That little girl telling her mom to stop crying is so heartbreaking

[@panjohn5820]

her mom probably killed a few people in Kunming with a Machete a few years back. of course they won't tell You that.

[@RAEJDER]

Gotta say though it looked like that kid was told before what to say, I dunno it just didnt look/sound normal. Im ofc not saying that it is but yeah

[@mohsinking100]

@@panjohn5820 listen here papa john your mom could have done that mr poo c would have done that but that woman didnt now you can go back to collecting bit-h points

[@oldwong5977]

There is NOTHING heartbreaking for fake propaganda. If people wants to know the truth, GO THERE and SEE. Of course, talk is cheap, investigating is EXPENSIVE.

[@whocares2087.1]

@@panjohn5820 Yeah, she really looks like a military type... you liar.

[@amberblackwell7687]

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"-Dr Martin Luther King jr.

[@GTFODeathknight]

@C M that doesnt make him wrong tho

[@m1ckyg21]

@John Smith Not like this, other countries don't have concentration camps for specific ethnicities being "reeducated." American prisons don't force religion and language changes

[@belolacove]

@John Smith Don't deflect. Jailing criminals isn't the issue. The existence of terrorists within an ethnic group isn't groups to marginalize the entire ethnic group. Guantanamo Bay is fucked up just like China's treatment of the Uighurs is.

[@staunch2207]

Reminds me 100% of the total injustice and robbery that England does to Scotland along with the propaganda lies.

[@zuleanservant]

@John Smith maybe put the criminals in camps instead of the people who did nothing wrong and only practice the same religion as the criminals. Punish people who are criminals not people you think could be criminals

[@MrVogelsong]

Wow, thanks for bringing this to attention

[@eriklondon2946]

More people NEED to see this!

[@zuzz2216]

Nothing ironic about how the west kills millions of Muslims for decades & there's rising hate crimes against the Chinese, but of course what they care most about is the human rights of Chinese muslims. Kinda reminds me of some WMD's yet to be found in Iraq

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

"Human rights should be completely non-negotiable." Yes.

[@zhaoxunyan4016]

Have this video ever mentioned how they Slaughtered Us? Why is it Censored in Oliver's Show? kzbin.info/www/bejne/imqWdJuXpbCMacU

[@jamesj1881]

I love how Zhaoxun Yan C&P's the same post to multiple people. Almost as if what the OP said is irrelevant. (I hope my joke isn't lost. XD)

[@andreaperry938]

Agree

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

I just wrote to Nike about this issue. VW's next. I encourage all of us to do so. Nike and VW should be so sick of hearing from people about this issue, they have no choice but to actually grow a pair and take a stand.

[@MrBackspace4848]

Very true. But who will stop this? Not America. We are to busy saying.....BLM?

[@jackofallfades2656]

"Some people before they commit murder show they are capable of it" Some countries before they commit ethnic cleansing show they are capable of it...

[@Joker45JS]

@E Yes, and how all the leftists are school shooters am i right? or am i right? Smh.

[@pixelcount350]

@@Joker45JS Just ignore him. It's clear he's a troll.

[@christiantretter4605]

@E This is not a political issue, and you are a horrible person for making it political. Your just as brainwashed as any "communist"

[@neovenom9833]

@@Joker45JS well you are not wrong. most of them are hanging to the left of that spectrum. Sorry if the facts hurt your feelings.

[@David_Last_Name]

@@neovenom9833 So the group in America that is outraged over racial injustice and police brutality against minorities is also the group in favor of ethnic cleansing? Honestly this level of idiocy is why Trump supporters are such a fucking joke.

[@DingXiaoyan]

As someone who lives in China and is actually quite critical of CCP, I totally disagree with how Western media cover Xingjiang. Do you know how pointless it is to say "forced labor and camp"? Lived here forever, never seen or heard a single one. Plus, China has been trying to create job opportunities. Millions and millions of people are willing to work under low pay. I am not saying this is good. But what is the point of forcing labor when you can pay little while people are still grateful for you? I am an ethnic minority in China. I can't speak for all people, of course. But I hate it when Western media keep saying, “Han is killing their own culture.” Local culture is important. But to be part of the country, to develop, so no one starve is more important. I really appreciate how so many people are caring for Chinese people, particularly Xinjiang people. You are very kind! But please, please also watch videos about how local people talk about Xinjiang and how Xingjiang really looks. It may give you a different perspective.

[@raineob4996]

13:18 “state-run boarding schools” sounds like our residential schools here in Canada. Very bad.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

"It resembles a massive internment camp" Lady, it doesn't _resemble_ anything It *_IS_* a massive internment camp

[@Joesolo13]

"It's not Genocide, it's Genocide-like events"- like half a dozen people about Rwanda

[@yingw836]

like you‘ve been there

[@justincoleman3805]

Yea, you’ve not there. None of you’ve are there.

[@Joesolo13]

@@yingw836 oh and you have? There's no good reason for such prison camps

[@IamAWESOME3980]

@John Smith USA has more prisoners than the next top three prison country combined.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"Mommy, don't show your tears." 😢 Oh, god! This part _broke_ me!

[@tarannumahmednowshin1469]

i cried for 5 min

[@colleenharrison1638]

She's an amazing mother, absolutely amazing. She should be proud she fought so hard despite what happened to her. I hope she finds peace if she hasn't already.

[@zephyermin7035]

​@@tarannumahmednowshin1469 You may cry more when you saw the videos that Bill Clinton presented on the congress for the Kosovo War，which the video was proved fake by your media in years after the war.

[@sophiam1545]

Yes! As a mother this touched me deeply. Genocide should not happen. We as humans never learn from our history. We are doomed to repeat it as so it seems.

[@onibon1990]

@@zephyermin7035 Is this supposed to be a competition?!

[@mohonamukherjee2511]

In India, people with narrower eyes are discriminated against for "looking Chinese." In China, people with different facial features are discriminated against for "not looking Chinese enough". I know that this is an incredibly naive statement but: why can't we just fucking get along with people that do not look like us 😭😭 People belong from their HEARTS not the shape of their face or colour of their skin.

[@doomgod314]

Can we get another episode for this? Nothing seems to have improved and these people need more coverage. more so than stamps

[@joncoda365]

That eyelash girl at the beginning is a good person, good job parents.

[@buksteebi]

She is bad ass!!!

[@earthknight60]

Absolutely. There is also a certain level of irony in using TicTok as the messaging platform.

[@fateisendemic7862]

@@earthknight60 yeah, and they try to silence us, but we use it still

[@solodolo4098]

@@fateisendemic7862 whos we? Sorry idk who you speak for?

[@bradford433]

@@henri.r94 Perhaps your parents should have taken the time to teach you how to spell things correctly

[@johnchessant3012]

"It's completely possible for two things to be wrong at the same time."

[@nomanspace7118]

but people's attentions are still on Trump for whatever he does

[@steppenhenge]

just because it's the pot calling the kettle black, doesn't clean the kettle

[@conforzo]

@raserianfald Theres one

[@Nick-hv8gj]

@@nomanspace7118 Did you not see Trump's quote on building the camps? It's even possible for three or more things to be wrong at the same time!

[@BigMamaDaveX]

@@nomanspace7118 😎 Hmm... I wonder why? Could it be because he's the *PRESIDENT of the USA* and is expected to set an _example_ for his people... to the WORLD? What example IS he setting? 🤡 History will not remember him kindly. Good day to you, sir.

[@marseldechumavoy7583]

Not a single muslim country covered this issue, respect HBO

[@tyrone6848]

Because most Muslims countries these days are concerned about money and if they boycott china then they will stop getting products from there because most products are from china and many other stuff like that

[@thecrippledpancake9455]

KZbin hid this video from me for 3 years…..I love John Oliver and have always gotten notifications as soon as videos drop, but not this one.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

That eyelash chick tho, eternal respect.

[@heldermoura6151]

She could only speak about the Uighurs during a eyelash tutorial because TikTok (Chinese company subservient to the chinese comunist party) baned any explicit video whose content they disagree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpKZqqWDnNCqn7s

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

Eternal Disrespect to world leaders and media companies who aren't reporting on this who have never reported on this.

[@larazanz]

Helder Moura she got banned from tik tok for it

[@SadBugBleu]

it's become a thing on tik tok to make makeup tutorials or DIY's with audio talking about real world issues (racism, transphobia, Covid, etc.) it gets pushed by the algorithm and your videos are less likely to be deleted.

[@stephengomes2059]

The saddest part is lack of action despite knowing all this. All countries want cheap Chinese goods.

[@MrMineHeads.]

People want cheap Chinese goods. We all have to actively avoid them.

[@sharpshots5813]

Not as easy as you think, some countries live on chinese made goods cause they dont have the industry that chinese has Edit: forgot to mention that if any countries publicly announce that they will embargo chinese products, china will retaliate one way or another

[@sendmorehoboes]

When you look at the evidence for number of people in the concentration camps, they almost all link back to Adrian Zenz or the CHRD regardless of the publication. The method used to count the "millions" of Uyghur's in camps were from interviewing EIGHT people and asking them to estimate how many people were being detained in their town. "CHRD, based in Hong Kong and Washington DC, interviewed dozens of Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Interviewees gave estimates of how many people-ranging from 8% to 20%-were being detained in their towns. It averaged out to 12% and CHRD bumped the percentage down to 10% for a conservative estimate, ultimately giving them 1.1 million Uyghur Muslims imprisoned. qz.com/1599393/how-researchers-estimate-1-million-uyghurs-are-detained-in-xinjiang/ www.nchrd.org/2018/08/china-massive-numbers-of-uyghurs-other-ethnic-minorities-forced-into-re-education-programs/ Meanwhile the eye witness of the horrors in the camp tells a different story whenever she's interviewed. You can search her name Sayragul Sauytbay. In one testimony she said she saw rapes, medical experiments and was beat. www.businessinsider.com/muslim-woman-describes-horrors-of-chinese-concentration-camp-2019-10 In another she said she didn't see any violence directly. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-everyone-was-silent-endlessly-mute-former-chinese-re-education/ Regardless, witness testimonies must be taken with a grain of salt, see the Nayirah testimony for example: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony It's funny how people are skeptical of the media but will believe everything that they hear about China with little to no evidence if it confirms their biases.

[@davidbischoff6977]

Just an FYI Trump has been trying to do something about it for years.

[@krieghart5515]

@@davidbischoff6977 you mean the Muslim travel ban from a few years ago? Because that's the wrong direction to do something about it.

[@khalidelghzaoui4814]

Let's see if you can cover the atrocities happening in Gaza Last Week Tonight. I can bet an arm and a leg that you won't. You're still my fave brilliant John x

[@nathanfielure4305]

That's because he can only cover approved lies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqq4g3yJbLhssMk

[@kaiki8490]

This prison camps lets students go home every weekend. I bet guantanamo bay do not do that. US is weaponiseing you good nature to manfacture consent to start cold war against china. I used to have negative views like you against china. Pkease at least watchbthe first vid i post down here BBC's report uyghur labour Exposed by numuves kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OuZoCbbdKUfZY Ex FBI predicted Xinjiang crisis in 2015 by numuves kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LMpYuJmc95hpo Greyzone wipe out china thegrayzone.com/2021/03/31/china-uyghur-gun-soldiers-empire/ Eyeopener Sibel Edmonds on Gladio B By Newsbud kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6C9hHSqoZx6rLM Israel Xinjiang ychina cotton kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGjThmOPl9SppMU Canadian Daniel interview xinjiang kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4CVm6R6hsuYodE American Fermube xinjiang kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWPTp3t9bcpraZI Fermube xinjiang solar kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoLLhpyCpN2fd6s Alex from xinjiang kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5yaapt7br6gedk American Andys shanghai life on xinjiang kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKnFdH5jqbycjdk Canadian Numuves china suck at genocide kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXaxqKmuqMuJg5o Singaporean in xin jiang kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4W6gnyne8mXnMk Philippine kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX7YZmaYpb2od6s Malaysia Atiqah kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaLMiGR9p9KAoJI Netherlands Goyvon kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZKXh5hrrNWafc0 Behind the headlines china genocide kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpvYo5VsZriNnc0 Nathan rich Covid timeline kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ2qpqacacRkqsU

[@mudbuket8064]

Thank you for talking about this John even thou I don’t like your other content I’m glad more light is being spread about this completely unacceptable situation.

[@burningmisery]

China read '1984' as an instruction manual, not as a warning.

[@zackmoon592]

They literally have an A.I. surveillance program called "Skynet" too. It's like they actively strive to be a dystopia

[@jakobvanklinken]

I've heard that joke before somewhere, hmmm

[@GermanLeftist]

They weren't the only ones though, weren't they?

[@burningmisery]

@@jakobvanklinken Sue me hahaha

[@burningmisery]

@@zackmoon592 Let's wait and see if their 1984 turns into a 'Brave New World' or 'Fahrenheit 451'. Or another North Korea.

[@JoeBeaudette]

As a Canadian having seen the horror that lingers for generations in our First Nations communities from the residential school system, this troubles me deeply. Forcing a nation to abandon their culture does not create assimilated citizens, it creates broken ghosts.

[@tristanpatterson3843]

Just imagine that what's happening in China right now is the same as what happened 100 years ago in all of North America, then just wait a few years and it will all be sweet, aye mate?

[@GlobeStan]

@John Smith ok "John Smith"

[@RexOrbis]

@@tristanpatterson3843 Residential schools weren't just "100 years ago", they lasted until 1996.

[@RexOrbis]

@John Smith China has been ordering hasty trials and spying on their citizens in violation of the same international law you now speak of.

[@derekwhite4628]

Joe I couldnt help but think of this parrallel the whole way through this

[@Nettsinthewoods]

Clever girl on TikTok. Keep getting the word out about this horrendous crime. All very well said John.

[@leiuwu3965]

ah yes a crime that had been debunked

[@wendymiles3454]

I'm glad that positive hopeful stories exist it's good to show resiliency at this level but one family escaping doesn't resolve the underlying concern others are not even as luck as that, we should help them if possible?

[@thenutella8846]

The sad thing is, the way the current system works won't make it possible to help them, how can we force a morally bankrupt government with a desire and the means to wipe out entire ethnic and religious groups from doing so when we buy all of our stuff from them? short of complete economic sanctions, I just can't see it happening. Some of us here in America see it all too well where our government puts "sanctions" on a few individuals that have no real affect on the CCP as a whole, and the few times the ethnic cleansing and settler attitude of China is brought up, it's by politicians who don't actually care about the people involved and are only trying to use stories to promote anti-socialist or anti-chinese views to appear strong and principled to their voters. It's especially ironic given that these are the same politicians who own stocks in companies that benefit from working with china, and applaud china's treatment of religious minorities behind closed door, wishing they had the ability to do so right here in America.

[@aricaine5024]

Oh my god. The scene with the mother and child where the little girl is telling her mother not to cry. There are tears streaming down my face, nobody should ever have to go through that and be separated from their child for two years.

[@sanskarihippie9157]

I sobbed for whole 5 min. This impotent rage I feel when I see her telling her mother not to cry.

[@doraga6390]

You are right. And sorry to sound horrible but, at least they got reunited. In the south border of USA are thousands of children separated form their parents, some even are with disappeared status. How many of them are going to be reunited? When? It's been 3 years since this policy started and it doesn't seem to end.

[@tytotheler92]

What got me was the maturity that girl had to say 'I told you not to cry.' That broke me.

[@nathanjones6421]

That was absolutely brutal to watch

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

it happens all the time there. thousands of kids separated from their families because of their race or something or rather theyu have no control over. I wonder why our government doesn't do anything about that.

[@Ich1GoTgl]

Notice how the little girl said: "I told you *not to show your tears*" damn, that hit hard.

[@needsLITHIUM]

she shouldn't have to grow up that fast. hit hard, like a punch from the Incredible Hulk straight to the gut. Ow, right in the feels. The video ended 10 minutes ago, and I'm still crying on and off as I go through the comments. utterly UNACCEPTABLE. No parent or child should ever go through that. Fuck I'd REALLY LIKE TO STOP CRYING.

[@ernestomarcos0103]

It's like Elsa's parents told her "Don't let them in, don't let them see, be the good girl you always have to be".

[@kristenmork4316]

@@needsLITHIUM Yeah, I had to pause at that point because I could no longer see the screen.

[@callmeswivelhips8229]

I'm still in utter shock by that. What does it even mean for a child that young to say a thing like that??

[@elizabethgatchell4546]

It could just be a miss translation, or the child saying “I don’t want to see you cry, please don’t show tears” kids say shit like that all the time, she looks pretty young, but considering the rest of this article I wouldn’t be surprised if she was told to say that or brainwashed or something...

[@wtan1851]

The Chinese dilemma is diversity and the inability of CCP to control the regions. Decentralization runs the risk of disintegration like the former USSR. Hence the need to control Uiqhurs. I am no fan of big governments, which are often part of the problem rather than the solution. On awareness, John is right. Our values, beliefs, and awareness mold our attitudes and behaviors.

[@jimmymcjimface2607]

One time i accepted a job doing janitorial work at a hospital. Just a hospital they said. When i showed up on my first day they gave me a ring of keys and cheerily said, "dont let anyone escape." Needless to say i didnt go back for a second day.

[@noyes8882]

ehhhh, that's just normal hospital procedure for severely injured patients

[@jimmymcjimface2607]

@@noyes8882 it was actually a mental hospital. The kind where people are housed "involuntarily" for the "safety of the community"

[@noyes8882]

@@jimmymcjimface2607 oh yeah, fuck insane asylums. They even keep sane people there for as long as possible to squeeze insurance cash out of them

[@beastofbussycreek]

POV: You're a teenager girl who's TikTok got banned but then you end up on John Oliver.

[@wesselwestdorp2784]

you fucking rock

[@xnoreq]

*whose

[@erniechong2479]

no

[@Game_Hero]

@schlaberdasken here's your 50 cents.

[@Game_Hero]

@schlaberdasken No thanks, not interested in vitriolic apologies.

[@lofor6434]

As a German I have to say: These action of Volkswagen and their backing of my goverment is a complete disgrace!

[@lofor6434]

Especially from my nation which should know the horrors of such camps

[@TheTor1193]

but is it really? 宁撞死 勿撞伤

[@akaviral5476]

@@TheTor1193 Yes, it is. Germans are taught throughout their education on history how our country fell so easily to these horrors. And when this happens, now, it is horrifying that few are recognizing it too. We cannot stand for it, and you cannot either.

[@JeffOf813]

Andrew shultz recently pointed out that its weird that they didnt even try to rebrand at all...

[@lofor6434]

@@TheTor1193 You cannot possibly see something good in such camps

[@MrTjurk]

thank you very much, John! Rakhmet

[@wildgoosedreaming1]

Heartbroken families.😭

[@MCWhiteout1]

Also for those saying “the story is finally getting attention”, Last Week Tonight actually covered this about a year ago

[@TYCOIX]

It's sad that they have to cover this again because people are forgetting..

[@diwang4572]

@@TYCOIX It's sad how people in the West choose to believe the terrorist who killed Han Chinese just because it is a Communist regime.

[@ZaNeCuDdEr]

@@TYCOIX they often do the same stories twice but in diffrent angles

[@CrashMaster]

@@diwang4572 There we have our goverment asset...gtfo here

[@Dark__Thoughts]

​@@diwang4572 If you want to troll, don't try to make it sound like you're calling your own beloved government a "regime".

[@Eudaletism]

"I told you not to show your tears." That child has grown up way too fast.

[@y3rzhan]

yeah, especially when you understand her native tongue (whether Kyrgyz or Kazakh)

[@Eudaletism]

@Alex Mercer Not really, young children are notoriously difficult to train to act a part.

[@y3rzhan]

@Alex Mercer she/he sees her mother crying, I personally tent to believe all of it is real. Actually there is no proofs she was not told to say something, but even if the child was told to say something on camera, do you think the child did not tell it in real life (after all of the issues) when there were not cameras and journalists?

[@empiricofacta8868]

HAS HAD TO in the appalling circumstances!

[@Saiputera]

What can John oliver do to china? Progressive are powerless lmao

[@PrincessLorelei]

A secular nation: An excellent idea and really the only way I can think of that actually ensures a reasonable measure of religious freedom. Of course, claimed religious beliefs cannot present a true and demonstrable risk to others, nor can they infringe on other's rights to practice the same freedoms or any of their other rights, but beyond that, religion or irreligion can be a personal, community, or cultural component to a healthy mind and a healthy person. An "aggressive" secular nation: Basically dystopia. A different flavor of zealot. A gross violation of human rights. It makes all the same mistakes as a theocracy while claiming to be under some other banner. Past atrocities can be attributed to this mindset and if it doesn't just die and fall away, they will be repeated. There are good religious people. There are good irreligious people. A society should value members on their contributions and their moral character, not on how they arrived at those conclusions.

[@oldghettoway7500]

True that. I am an atheist through and through but what we are doing in china is no better than the worst theocracy has to offer.

[@sabarca714]

Thank you Sarah Silverman, National Treasure. I also think that the Corporation Leaders and decision makers who were involved in utilizing slave labor should be held criminally and civilly liable for the damage they inflicted not only on the people who purchased their products and services but most importantly of all, the actual victims of these heinous crimes. No excuses. Especially when they only thing they can say for their own defense is the bottom line for their own greed. I don't think anyone who would be aware of this would be okay with being held criminally liable as a co conspirator in War Crimes.

[@missingnola3823]

Largest collection of shoes since the holocaust may sound like a joke, but it's quite on-point. It's been a long time since I visited the Holocaust Museum, but one of the things that hit me hardest was going through a room with a large pile of old shoes; realizing what each shoe represented makes the whole thing a bit less abstract. I remember not being able to look away from a small, faded, dusty pink little girl's shoe.

[@dummerchenmithirn]

This is exactly what i was thinking. I visited Ausschwitz 12 Jears ago and I never forgot the room full of shoes, luggage, human hair...

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

It was. I cringed hard.

[@tradingfriends]

This is exactly what I was thinking about, personal belongings framed that way are exactly what helps contextualize the holocaust. Jewelry, shoes, any of these things remind you of the weight of what was done and helps to humanize the victims.

[@akatobi2002]

I visited Yad Vashem. There was a hall of portraits photos. It was so terrifying.

[@coolaidjohnny]

Also brought me back to those rooms in that museum in DC. There are so many more good people who need to use their voice and be listened too.Thanks for sharing. Hope everyone has a good week!

[@drunkdrivert-3446]

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." This quote can be used to describe a mind boggling number of world events. Edit : Removed Mark Twain's name because there is little concrete evidence that the quote is from him.

[@adityarao2827]

I completely agree with the statement, but just a tid bit of knowledge is that even though that quote is commonly attributed to Mark Twain, in reality, there is no evidence to support he said it at all. I don't think I'm wrong, but in thr off chance I am, please do let me know (I've wanted to use that quote in quite a few essays but haven't).

[@tyleredwards9479]

The sad thing about this is this happened to the holocaust also where allies intelligence knew about the holocaust in 1941. www.nytimes.com/1996/12/22/magazine/the-holocaust-was-no-secret.html It almost sadden me that this is happening. What the whole point teaching about the holocaust if we letting happen right before our eyes.

[@Tuckdragon]

he knew hiphop was coming!

[@Benjamin_Gilbert-Lif]

Also the Star Wars prequels

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Jake Tapper said it as well in his interview with Colbert

[@hotgirlsarehot]

If Netflix did this with House of Cards, I'd restart my subscription immediately!

[@moby755]

wat

[@firstname405]

@@moby755 It's very obvious what this is about if you watched the video.

[@MSRLR]

John oliver needs to talk about china more

[@jessaguilar4747]

That girl did something amazing. China censors everything on the Internet, they prescreen tik toks , KZbin, all the things we take for granted. She beat their system, by making her first 30 seconds of the video about curling eyelashes she was able to get around their censoring process. Extremely smart young girl. Edited because of autocorrect 🤓

[@user-ee4py5kh2d]

一个完美的战争动员视频，这样你们政府对外掠夺侵略的时候你们的人民就会认为对无辜平民和一个陌生的国家扔炸弹是“正义的”，尽管你们没有去过那里，一切对于它的了解仅限于不负责任的媒体，真是个老套的发动战争转移美国内部矛盾程序。

[@colepark7820]

The difference between TikTok and KZbin is Tiktok is administered by the central government of the People's Republic of China, and KZbin is administered by an American Company. Tiktok is censored by china directly...whilst youtube censors their content in line with China's views to avoid "controversy". Both of these are probably just as bad as each other. Tiktok HAS to censor or else Chinese magicians will make them disappear. You could argue KZbin is worse, because they made the choice to do it.

[@DueySR]

Her video was taken down she was banned from TikTok: www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/teens-viral-tiktok-eyelash-video-20978507

[@glenteece1807]

​@@user-ee4py5kh2d "一切对于它的了解仅限于不负责任的媒体" The irony of this statement is damning.

[@AvatarOfBhaal]

@@darkhorseinamerica1935 Did you follow the sources to primarily state funded media outlets before posting the link? I mean, a random guy on KZbin can't possibly be wrong, can he? ...

[@Elvan-Lady]

The whole situation is upsetting, but the child telling her mom don't cry broke me

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Same here. "I told you not to show your tears" from a 5 or 6 year old baby tears at the soul. She should never have to grow up so fast. It's the same thing that happens to Black children in the US. They are never allowed to Just Be CHILDREN. And that hurts my soul.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Go back and watch the video of Philando Castille being murdered by a cop while sitting in the passenger seat With His Seat Belt Still On. His 4 year old daughter is in the back seat and witnesses her father's murder AND that same cop holding the gun on her mother. That child says the same thing to HER mother. Wipes her mother's tears as her dead father is one foot away. She tells her mom not to cry.

[@mosheperlmutter9144]

Me 2

[@annarushlau9722]

Cruising with Dr. Braxy Gilkey I cried pretty hard at that line

[@shareika]

She said don't SHOW your tears...which has the even more sinister implication that the child understands: It can have bad consequences to show honest feelings or opinions.

[@crush3095]

I love the few stories that were done without the audience I enjoy ACTIVELY listening for the humor instead of lazily paying attention when the canned laughter fades in

[@rvpals]

John Oliver does some of the better reporting better than most of our so call traditional news outlet.

[@AhavaMath]

I love that person who used beauty tips to secretly get information out there.

[@Saitaina]

MathShinobi She was banned from Tik Tok.

[@kertas1991111]

Even more fun when you learn that people in china used to spread information about tiananmen square (wich is extremely censored in china) by embeding it in porn

[@carflk916]

@@Saitaina that would make sense since China monitors tiktok. It's poetic justice what she did and wonderfully ironic.

[@MjolnirsPower]

Tik dork is Terrible

[@reapthewhirlwind6915]

hahaha thats so funny right. a kid speaking up on something terrible she feels is being covered up who no one else will talk about. so funny.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Now that I'm adjusted, I actually like it better without hearing an audience.

[@GotischOberst]

I miss the audience, but I feel like it allows him to put more information out in the same time frame, since he doesn't have to pause for reactions to subside. He can just keep explaining the issue.

[@Lunchbox224]

I dig it because he's relying less on post-script screaming and song-and-dance-type stunts.

[@arkankeli4459]

Greg A but those are some of my favorite bits from his show. Like that largest marble cake in the world or his collection of wax presidents hahaha.

[@skipfred]

I don't. I'm probably conditioned for this by media, but honestly I would prefer a laugh track to just.. stony silence in the background.

[@tristans9006]

Totally,

[@alyssarikka9974]

Thank you, John! This is an important issue we need to continue to talk about and take action upon. Human rights is non-negotiable!

[@dss6838]

@peter pan innocents have more human rights than terrorists. Even innocents in middle east have equal human rights. Why are they incorporated as refugees than? Do you thank when they are accepted by other countries? Why are they sent aid and why are big NGOs working there? Their export products are charged 0 import duty. What about that? Speak now.

[@dss6838]

@peter pan may be there are, so you won't kill all people. We recently found Chinese spy in our country, should we nuke entire China?

[@dss6838]

@peter pan well I think even China cannot afford nuclear war. I am not saying to attack china. Chill. I am just saying your argument is as stupid as that statement. Will you kill all Americans for what their ancestors did? Or pressurize them to create equal opportunities for native Americans. Again I am not hurting your sentiments, just asking you question. We don't have white masters. We don't need them. You know it. No one trusts America here, their politics is a joke here. 😂

[@aaronc5978]

why don't you talking about local people's human rights before starting a war?

[@pedrogromann3372]

Only in china really, could you imagine someone saying that a whole ethnic group are just a bunch of thieves and rapists and drugdealers, and then systematic imprisoning them or shiping them out of the coutry against their will, separating them from their families, all of that while the market employ them for cheap labour. That wouldnt happen anywhere else. Or would it ?

[@elaineb7065]

I heard the "robbers & thieves" line & instantly thought: all Europe (including the UK)'s attitude to the travelling communities in a nutshell. I heard "re-education camps" & my mind moved to Canada's mistreatment of its own indigenous communities. Then came cheap labour, which the vast majority of the world uses immigrants for. Where immigrants are more harshly treated, family separation is commonplace. TL;DR: this with balls & chains on

[@thesuburbanegro]

"If you're happy and you know it, say yes sir" also known as *"there is no war in ba sing se"*

[@rotamsin]

tasteless

[@marshy_5406]

I meannnnnnn the earth kingdom is based off china soooo it made sense. the fire nation taking over the earth kingdom is literally the cartoon version of the rape of nanking

[@zhaoxunyan4016]

6:29 So little coverage on massacre of 2009-7-5? And they just rioted? No, they pull up Knives from Mosques and slaughtered Han Chinese on the Street! They conducted another attack on 2014-3-1 in Kunming Railway Station, same trick same cruelty! (Yes Shameful Oliver never tell you this but "all of a sudden" on 2014 tough measures) They used to force sell sweet cakes on Streets, money or stab, and that is what they do across all cities in China before the 2009 incidents! We have to crack bad guys to protect a safe security, can't we?

[@Itachi0567]

@@zhaoxunyan4016 in fact my friend, if you do a little research on teorrism, you will find that overreacting by attacking the whole constituency of a terrorist groups tends to add fuel to their cause. but i suppose that no ammount of scientific evidence i show you will make you change your point of view. It doesn't matter anyway, sadly many patterns that apply to most states of the world doesnt seem to apply to the almighty chinese state, and i dont know if that is a bad or good thing.

[@gordonramsay7854]

The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai.

[@Crystalkat102]

I've had conversations with my friends and classmates about this topic for the past 2 years, and the fact that FINALLY someone who actually has a strong following is willing to stand up to for the Uighur people is making me emotional.

[@tomiantenna7279]

Just browse the comments here to have your heart ripped to shreds again.

[@danielramsey6141]

@@tomiantenna7279 Because people are Assholes In anonymity! Let's be honest, I'm more than sure we'll go the Way of the Dodo due to Our own Assholishness!

[@askkedladd]

You are being emotional too soon, wait until the Uighur culture disappear, cause that's what's gonna happen.

[@johnfoster2050]

There's a good book out there, Stop the 21st Century Holocaust

[@nick21614]

Search Senator Josh Hawley

[@tranilator]

Perhaps do a segment on KZbin and censorship; especially with China Uncensored videos.

[@mattlogue1300]

I now feel guilty for shopping on Amazon.

[@cooper1507]

Bout time someone talked about this issue on a large scale.

[@t_k_blitz4837]

www.uyghurcongress.org/en/

[@Steaktacular]

I don't mean this in a combative way, but Ben Shapiro (Daily Wire) and other right leaning media outlets have been hitting on this issue for months on end.

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

" Large Scale "

[@luked8449]

@John Smith LMAO if you're gonna come up with a fake american name, maybe don't go with LITERALLY the most obviously fake one you could choose

[@octo-spiderman5341]

Yup

[@lauren8135]

If you’re happy and you know it say “yes sir” that is is dystopian nightmare fuel.

[@Dante3214]

The creepiest to me is.. I wonder what the chinese G-man was thinking when he decided to replace the "clap your hands" part with.. "yes sir"

[@Yal_Rathol]

@@Dante3214 it's quite simple. it's a tactic designed to associate "happy" and happy feelings with "yes sir". meaning, "you are happy to follow orders?" "yes sir". people throw the word "orwellian" around like free candy, but that is word and thought control, the very definition of orwellian.

[@musicwasmade]

@@Dante3214 That's the super scary fact behind that scene. Goosebumps of horror and the hypothetical bells of Armageddon, at the same time.

[@FroggyMosh]

​@@musicwasmade Oh, YEAH. Goosebumps indeed. I was back in the 're-education camp' I read through just a wee 16 years ago. _"What color is this light?" "You will thank your benevolent leader for re-educating you"_ Not to mention the cameras.... Not Orwell per-se. But another work in that line of thinking. Something with cameras tracking people through gait. Scrutinizing and analyzing your movements. Just the thought of the amount of data they keep track of. They might be keeping lists of what foods people like and hate, just to spot when they buy food they hate, to rule out the possibility of them hiding people in their homes. They are doing shit that's on this level of invasiveness. Out here. IN THE REAL WORLD. In contrast, Us westerners shouting "Conspiracy Theory!" at every wet fart. Wanna know what living in a conspiracy looks like? *a Stun Baton to the Head **_"Thank you!"_* *If you’re happy and you know it say “yes sir!”*

[@Cursed_Mark]

@asdf Yeah, you said that already.

[@nzj1699]

I wish that one day i open my eyes to see a world with no pain or horrible people

[@ryanjedlicka542]

You will never experience life without pain or horrible people. Only in death will those no longer exist. So in that regard, we all have something to look forward to.

[@jordanaethelric2614]

Update the world John, we should still be taking about this.