Ya, they really can. The US has had worse autrocities in the past such as slavery, but we did something about it. What is happening to the Uighur population is current. And I'm not going to be a bootlicker for it defending it with whataboutisms.
I know one thing, you don't have the freedom of religion that we do, and that is critically important to me. Do you know what your country is doing to Christians and Muslims?
The silence of Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr , who always have something to say on political/social issues, is deafening. I guess they support Chinese censorship and authoritarianism.