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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The hundreds of millions of dollars the government pours into birth control has transformed Xinjiang from one of China’s fastest-growing regions to among its slowest in just a few years, according to new research obtained by The Associated Press in advance of publication by China scholar Adrian Zenz.

“This kind of drop is unprecedented....there’s a ruthlessness to it,” said Zenz, a leading expert in the policing of China’s minority regions. “This is part of a wider control campaign to subjugate the Uighurs.”

You're citing the very same professional propagandist for the Victims of Communism Foundation I spoke of earlier. This is not a real source, it's fiction. Here's a decent source going over Zenz and his background as a propagandist.

IUD usage is increasing as Xinjiang develops economically and family planning becomes more important. The Uyghur people were exempt from the One Child Policy, and as a consequence the increase in IUD usage seems more drastic than it actually is, plus Zenz was caught literally making up numbers.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

100%^[It is known] of new^[It is known] IUDs^[It is known] in China^[It is known] are being forced^[It is known] on Uyghurs^[Source: Zenz]

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yep, any time I see the word "IUD" on anything related to Xinjiang I ctrl+f "Zenz" and 99/100 times it pops up. The last 1/100 is just a link to Zenz indirectly.