Max Blumenthal says the Uyghur suppression is based on a very small number of unreliable sources. Well, I first read about it in Der Spiegel, I think, and it has also been covered by the Guardian. My understanding is that it is a somewhat sinister use of technology to track large numbers of people, identify and preempt potential Islamic extremism. The Chinese government officials probably think it is justified to head off the potential for violence, and yet it probably meets the UN definition of cultural genocide. So I don’t have a verdict here, but I certainly don’t think it is made up. I do suspect we will see heavy surveillance and tracking regimes like this popping up elsewhere in the future, such as Gaza for instance.
is the Chinese government suppression of Uyghurs real?
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