So IF the future favours China, and IF the west lets it happen without outright/proxy war, and China wins... with all these ML techniques in hand, and with all of our digital footprints slapped around everywhere, am I paranoid to assume that even this comment can be construed to have 12% negative sentiment towards the CCP? And the cut off for "Normal Dissident Sentiment Levels" was 10% so I'm going to one of their camps?
That assumes China becomes the world. Seems far fetched. But assuming western countries would not follow their practices also seems far fetched. I feel the west already does much of the surveillance China does, only not as openly. Our camps are reserved for terrorists for the time being. Pray that term does not get expanded.
I'm extra paranoid and a likely outlier, but I'm already regretting what little displeasure I show towards the CCP on the Internet.
I think what increases my worry is how, in other leading countries, at least 30-50% of the population is wary/skeptical of the government at any time. With China – my impression may be tinged by the activities of the 50 cent army – most citizens seem to accept the party says, with particular distaste for people who dare protest. It's hard to say for certain: China doesn't really participate on the English-speaking Web.
What's the difference between a re-education camp and a concentration camp? Under what circumstances could Chinese treatment of Uighurs be considered genocide? Is there a red line of moral outrage that if crossed, would result in a boycott of Chinese products, or will we continue to buy iPhones no matter what crime is perpetrated by the CCP?
If we look back to WW2 and Nazi, US did still conduct trade with Nazi Germany, but the trade volume fell between 1929 to 1938, when US started putting up protectionist policy (soooo eerily similar to China today). when Nazi invaded Czechoslovakia, FDR slapped a 25% tariff on Nazi (but it wasn't an embargo).
Let's hope this time if China invades any country (Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam), we contain and hopefully counter right away.
Laojiao and laogai have been something that China has done since forever. Probably just as many Han in it as well, it’s a nice way for officials to make some extra spending money. I don’t see anything new in this article, those camps have probably been there forever. Why do you think many Uighurs hate the Chinese government in the first place?
The Guardian citing a US-funded propaganda outlet reporting on an ethnic group that the US/Saudi Arabia use and fund in order to undermine the Chinese state.
Forgive me for being skeptical, but this is likely a propaganda piece, and no more credible than someone simply writing what they want on the internet.
[+] [-] reallymental|8 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] dictum|8 years ago|reply
I think what increases my worry is how, in other leading countries, at least 30-50% of the population is wary/skeptical of the government at any time. With China – my impression may be tinged by the activities of the 50 cent army – most citizens seem to accept the party says, with particular distaste for people who dare protest. It's hard to say for certain: China doesn't really participate on the English-speaking Web.
[+] [-] singularity2001|8 years ago|reply
You used the world Normal with capital N, so yes
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[+] [-] anthonyleecook|8 years ago|reply
Let's hope this time if China invades any country (Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam), we contain and hopefully counter right away.
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[+] [-] Mikeb85|8 years ago|reply
Forgive me for being skeptical, but this is likely a propaganda piece, and no more credible than someone simply writing what they want on the internet.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/10/china-free-xinjiang-poli...