I'm surprised I didn't see any thread on this. VICE actually went deep into Uygur dominate territories in China to investigate on the terrible treatment they are suffering at the hands of the Chinese government. Concentration camps. Re-education. Destruction of their culture. Kidnapping and brainwashing of children. They see it all. This is one of the better VICE investigative pieces that I've seen. And, it was pretty risky of them to return for the second trip since the government knew pretty much as soon as they landed who they were. However, I supposed that protected them some.
I will say, I think in like two incidents they were sloppy with obscuring identities of people telling their stories. Yes, their face and speech is obscured, but any Chinese government official could easily figure out who they were speaking to based on certain details they kept in the interview and other stuff. But, they need to get the story out.
The scary thing is that this is straight out of 1984 and in truth, nothing can be done about it nor do I think it will stop. The Chinese government is too powerful both economically and militarily to be made to stop these practices. And, what China is doing is something they see as central to maintaining control over their country, the complete destruction of any identity/culture outside of that prescribed by the Communist State. The Uygur's are a threat to the solidarity of the Chinese State and so the State will not stop until their identity is completely erased. Their tactics are evil, yet ingenious. Again, true 1984 come to life.
I will say, I think in like two incidents they were sloppy with obscuring identities of people telling their stories. Yes, their face and speech is obscured, but any Chinese government official could easily figure out who they were speaking to based on certain details they kept in the interview and other stuff. But, they need to get the story out.
The scary thing is that this is straight out of 1984 and in truth, nothing can be done about it nor do I think it will stop. The Chinese government is too powerful both economically and militarily to be made to stop these practices. And, what China is doing is something they see as central to maintaining control over their country, the complete destruction of any identity/culture outside of that prescribed by the Communist State. The Uygur's are a threat to the solidarity of the Chinese State and so the State will not stop until their identity is completely erased. Their tactics are evil, yet ingenious. Again, true 1984 come to life.
