Pretty normal (and necessary) to have a national language lol. 96% of Tibetans can speak their local language since it's part of the curriculum, and Tibetan, Uyghur and other local cultures are highly promoted in Chinese media as mandated by the CPC.

promote social harmony

True and good.

cultural erasure [...] homogeneity

Do you watch Chunwan? It's the most watched media in China and its national television, where every year there are displays of traditional Uyghur culture in Xinjiang — dresses, dances, music, etc. Dilraba Dilmurat, the most popular celebrity in China, is of Uyghur descent and performs in those traditional garbs.

Here's one of her performances

Claiming China is "suppressing Uyghur/Tibet culture" or other bs like that is hilarious nonsense to anyone who knows even a little about the country lmfao. If you don't know about the country you're speaking about, you should ask questions and look into it instead of parroting imperial core narratives.

Didn’t think this would be a hot take

You're not on Reddit full of western liberals. Lemmy is a bit more lefty in comparison.

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

TIL China's Chunwan/Gala is the most watched television program in the world. Damn.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's literally the most watched television program on the planet lmao.

What about the limits on children under 18 from participating in religious activities?

Preventing child abuse and indoctrination is very cool and good actually. Wish I wasn't exposed to it as a kid.

The demolition of religious sites?

What? Xinjiang has some of the largest mosques in the world lol. And a pretty high ratio of mosques to Muslims (about as high as my own Muslim country's actually).

The requirement for religious leaders to register with the state?

Good. If the capitalist Russian Federation also continued to suppress the church and its leaders like the USSR did and China does, so much of the population would not have become so religious and reactionary.

What's with this obsession with relating Uyghur culture to religion? Sure, so long as it's only adults exposed to religions and it's consensual, fine, but Xinjiang's culture is much more than that, as are those of any region where religions are unfortunately still prevalent.

Religions are generally in decline in every place that's progressing economically, and Xinjiang is no exception. That's a good thing.