Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
I saw a photo of the Liverpool players in a circle on bended knees, apparently as a protests against the death of George Floyd. A nice gesture and shows us all what a kind, caring bunch of young men they are.

But I wondered, why does no-one - least of all footballers, celebrities, the BBC, some mainstream newspapers, why not the slightest protest against the Chinese.

What's happening in China is a massive affront to humanity. Forget HK and Huawei for the moment - this is a Country that has imprisoned a whole race of people, chained them up in groups of 10 in tiny cells, a bucket for a wc, whilst they are re-educated over a period of up to 20 yrs. Children included. Harvested their organs for transplants, wiped out languages, and that's before Tibet, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Perhaps it's the media. There are no 'pictures' from China to get angry about. But when I saw those Liverpool players in the centre circle I wondered if they even knew where China was.
You make fair points, I'd imagine it's got quite a lot do to with recognition. In the same way as what happened on 9/11 had such a big impact here even though more people than that die in terrorist attacks in the Middle East and elsewhere, it's easier to relate to the victims in the US. So, in terms of for example Liverpool - they have black players, black fans, black friends, I doubt any of them has ever met an Uyghur Muslim in their life so what's happening seems more "over there"

That doesn't make it right though, what's going on in China is utterly disgraceful and there should be a consistent international outcry about it