Xinjiang - A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen
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The Uighurs see themselves as a minority facing cultural, religious and economic discrimination. When Xinjiang was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1949, they comprised roughly 80 percent of the region's population. Controlled migration to Xinjiang of Han Chinese has reduced this share to 45 percent, and it is mainly these migrants who benefit from the economic boom in the region, which has plentiful supplies of oil, gas and coal.
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This is the key problem for political instability. China is having the inequality problem worse than any other countries....
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#3""" The Uighurs see themselves as a minority facing cultural, religious and economic discrimination. When Xinjiang was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1949, they comprised roughly 80 percent of the region's population. Controlled migration to Xinjiang of Han Chinese has reduced this share to 45 percent, and it is mainly these migrants who benefit from the economic boom in the region, which has ple…
China is also populous and oppressive enough that they can outlast the Uighurs in the long run, so there is little hope on this matter.
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#4The Chinese dictatorship is literally setting up concentration camps in Xinjiang.
"Zenz’s research demonstrates that such facilities are not only of significant size, with some exceeding 10,000 square metres, but also are akin to concentration camps: Many bids mandate the installation of comprehensive security features that turn existing facilities into prison-like compounds: surrounding walls, security fences, pull wire mesh, barbwire, reinforced security doors and windows, surveillance systems, secure access systems, watchtowers, and guard rooms or facilities for armed police."
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xinjiangs-tran...
It's pretty disgusting how another previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17645273 has people wanting 'new leadership from China' to lead the world
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#5Do we need an article every few days on Xinjiang? These articles reveal nothing new.
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#6Do we need an article every few days on Xinjiang? These articles reveal nothing new.
well it's a first for me. Perhaps for other people too.
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#8The Chinese dictatorship is literally setting up concentration camps in Xinjiang. "Zenz’s research demonstrates that such facilities are not only of significant size, with some exceeding 10,000 square metres, but also are akin to concentration camps: Many bids mandate the installation of comprehensive security features that turn existing facilities into prison-like compounds: surrounding walls, security fences, pull…
There were plenty of Oxford and Cambridge students in the 30's and 40's who were all up and hot for the USSR. I think there's a common thread between these two phenomena.
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#9The Chinese dictatorship is literally setting up concentration camps in Xinjiang. "Zenz’s research demonstrates that such facilities are not only of significant size, with some exceeding 10,000 square metres, but also are akin to concentration camps: Many bids mandate the installation of comprehensive security features that turn existing facilities into prison-like compounds: surrounding walls, security fences, pull…
Successful soft power is setting up concentration camps for Muslims and not having any Islamic governments say anything about it. [1]
[1] https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/24/islamic-leaders-have-no...
Re: Xinjiang - A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen
#10The Chinese dictatorship is literally setting up concentration camps in Xinjiang. "Zenz’s research demonstrates that such facilities are not only of significant size, with some exceeding 10,000 square metres, but also are akin to concentration camps: Many bids mandate the installation of comprehensive security features that turn existing facilities into prison-like compounds: surrounding walls, security fences, pull…
There were plenty of Oxford and Cambridge students in the 30's and 40's who were all up and hot for the USSR. I think there's a common thread between these two phenomena.
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