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Mar 27, 2021
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mkolodny on
Nike Statement on Xinjiang
In case anyone's not aware of what's happening in Xinjiang, this is a great Last Week Tonight episode about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17oCQakzIl8
⬐ hungryhoboHere is also a great first hand resource: https://youtu.be/4N385vKhXYQ
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Aug 28, 2020
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nedsma on
China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs
John Oliver recently made a episode on the subject (China & Uighurs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17oCQakzIl8 The Communist Party of China (CPC) are running sinicization and antireligious campaigns of ethnic and religious minorities. The totalitarian and authoritarian countries don't make good neighbors. China will be making inroads into Taiwan soon if the world does not act.
⬐ abersetiChina is already more powerful than most of the world. The uphill battle that lies ahead will be way harder than dealing with nazis.
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Aug 27, 2020
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Blanked-out spots on China's maps helped us uncover Xinjiang's camps
They could put cartoon images of "land", like this TV show's overlay on top of a lady wearing Muslim dress: https://youtu.be/17oCQakzIl8?t=270Interesting how the IMO Chinese "Eh, imma just half-ass it!" mentality (hopefully having visited the country and experienced half-assery, I'm allowed to comment) basically lead to this research work.
⬐ jandreseThe scale was definitely a problem. The article talked about how they had millions of blanked out areas, anything of even the most minor strategic importance was blanked out. It might even be an attempt to stymie this kind of investigation by making the data too noisy.They definitely screwed up when they made the censoring so easy to spot.
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John Oliver did an excellent piece on the situation of the uighur last week you can watch it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17oCQakzIl8I have to say he has really developed his show into an excellent mix of education and entertainment. I used to not like him very much (didn't like his type of humor), but I learn something every time I watch one of his shows, even if it covers a topic I'm already quite familiar with.
⬐ Chris2048I agree, used to be cheap digs / preaching to the choir style humour; Has become more informative.