Xinjiang. Hong Kong. Democracy. Racism. How does an American-educated Chinese talk to her mainland Chinese friends about these subjects? Connie Mei Pickart tried, and found that her companions were far from brainwashed in their views. The reality was more worrisome.
Screenshot from CGTN’s 50-minute video titled, “Fighting terrorism in Xinjiang” (link below) After exposés published by the New York Times (porous paywall) and the International Consortium of Investigative...
As part of the Orwellian project of surveillance and control of Muslim ethnic minorities like Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities have systematically collected vast amounts of DNA samples and other biometric data. Why did Beijing want all that biometric data? The New York Times has revealed at least one compelling reason: “Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to create an image of a person’s face.”
The aim of the bill is “to address gross violations of universally recognized human rights, including the mass internment of over 1,000,000 Uyghurs.”
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, who covers China for Axios, was the lead reporter on an explosive leak of documents detailing the ongoing repression of Uyghurs and other...
“Never allow escapes, never allow trouble, never allow attacks on staff, never allow abnormal deaths…” Darren Byler analyzes the 25 key points in the Chinese...
Only one week after the New York Times revealed records of high-level officials commanding the crackdown in Xinjiang, a second leak has further confirmed the worst of reporting about that ongoing atrocity. The new leaks, from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), directly concern the Chinese state’s management of its system of concentration camps, and confirm that they are indeed managed like high-security prisons.
Photo: Gilles Sabrié, New York Times Over the weekend, the New York Times published one of the most significant document leaks from the Chinese government in decades. The...
Over the weekend, the New York Times published one of the most significant document leaks from the Chinese government in decades. The 400-plus pages of private speeches from high-level officials, internal memos, and records of investigations and disciplinary action all concern the government’s “People’s war on terrorism” in Xinjiang and the extralegal mass detention atrocity that it has led to.