This thread is valuable as it lays out the horrible situation in Xinjiang. And the OP is correct that the opportunistic, hawkish right can't be an ally to the left in contesting this.

However, it ultimately falls into a flawed, false binary framing.  https://twitter.com/AmmarKazmi_/status/1285342234838282245 1/
Problematic and misleading ‘us vs them’ depictions of the West and China—with China serving as the Other—are pervasive across the political spectrum:
The Right: Capitalist/Communist
Liberals: Democracy/Authoritarianism
(Some of) the Left: Imperialists/Oppressed by Imperialism 2/
In reality China is a key part of the global capitalist system. So the situation in Xinjiang should not be measured against the yardstick of Western imperialism, but understood as being discursively and materially linked to capitalist exploitation.  https://twitter.com/MIC_Journal/status/1280469283219419136 3/
In other words, not only does the Xinjiang situation mirror imperialism elsewhere, but is directly linked to global capitalism, e.g. through the adoption of the language/practice of the War on Terror & the participation of multinationals in capitalist extraction in the region. 4/
In other words, not only does the Xinjiang situation mirror imperialism elsewhere, but is directly linked to global capitalism, e.g. through the adoption of the language/practice of the War on Terror & the participation of multinationals in capitalist extraction in the region. 4/
In other words, not only does the Xinjiang situation mirror imperialism elsewhere, but is directly linked to global capitalism, e.g. through the adoption of the language/practice of the War on Terror & the participation of multinationals in capitalist extraction in the region. 4/
To better understand some of these connections in the context of China more broadly, I suggest reading @EliDFriedman's essay 'Why China Is Capitalist'.
https://spectrejournal.com/why-china-is-capitalist/?fbclid=IwAR0GrrQK_-8SmbnELSWlh0xK7-aVzROP_C7c0BsAcgUgquXsdWOWlU4ZGfQ 5/
Why China Is Capitalist – Spectre Journal

As of the late 1970s, China has become a fully fledged capitalist nation-state, complete with its own settler colonial projects and characterized by the law of value and the commodity-form.

https://spectrejournal.com/why-china-is-capitalist/?fbclid=IwAR0GrrQK_-8SmbnELSWlh0xK7-aVzROP_C7c0BsAcgUgquXsdWOWlU4ZGfQ
Also, this thread on the global interlinkages producing the current situation in Xinjiang is useful  https://twitter.com/MIC_Journal/status/1273525058376544256 6/
And, because there is widespread Xinjiang denialism in response to the OP, this piece by @brianhioe on 'tankies' is also necessary reading. People, please stop being tankies...  https://newbloommag.net/2020/06/22/qiao-collective-nationalism/?fbclid=IwAR2ox97EUZMpK1lEOHqglA9D-tCYMJRnPXTJuxtPRjAHut9_DamkkPW7LgM 7/
The Qiao Collective and Left Diasporic Chinese Nationalism

A new generation of “tankies” has emerged, particularly on Twitter and other online spaces. Many are people of the Asian, and particularly Chinese, diaspora in Anglophone contexts

https://newbloommag.net/2020/06/22/qiao-collective-nationalism/?fbclid=IwAR2ox97EUZMpK1lEOHqglA9D-tCYMJRnPXTJuxtPRjAHut9_DamkkPW7LgM
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