The Watchdogs of Imperialism and the Uyghur Genocide Slander

By Stephen Gowans

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On February 26 the Canadian Parliament passed amotion, by a vote of 226 to 0, expressing the opinion that “the People’s Republic of China has” implemented “measures intended to prevent” Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim births and that these measures are “consistent with” the United Nations Genocide Convention.

The reality is that Beijing is not preventing Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim births, and a report by a German anthropologist widely cited as evidence that it is, contradicts this claim. That report, by Adrian Zenz, a fellow at a US government-created foundation whose mission is to bring about the end of communism and the Chinese Communist Party, reveals that while Chinese family planning policyrestrictsthe number of children Chinese couples are allowed to have, it does notpreventcouples in any group, including Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, from bearing children. Moreover, limits on…