Chinese company leaves Muslim-tracking facial recognition database exposed online

[AcademicSaucer]

Oddly enough, China's Hui Muslims aren't treated the way the Uighurs are. There's a layer of hate directed at Uighurs that stem from their ethnicity on top of their religion (Hui are essentially Han Chinese who converted to Islam centuries ago). Historically Hui Muslims were used to subjugate Uighurs, so there's been conflicts between the two Muslim groups as well.

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the problem is that they want to be independent and The Communist Party of China disagrees

 

[Heshinsi]

the problem is that they want to be independent and The Communist Party of China disagrees

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Yep, it's a situation similar to Tibet, and some of the methods the Communist government has implemented in Xinjiang are similar to what they have done in Tibet.

 

[mutantmagnet]

*sigh*

That country sucks and we could be edging closer to that path.

 

[leder]

The future is now and it is horrifying.