A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags. Here's What Goes on Inside

[tranv94]

It’s amazing how little coverage this gets. Sure this behavior is exhibited all over the world and could be worse in some places (North Korea). But there are so many cries for help from there. Millions. This scale could be approaching Holocaust numbers and we seemingly can’t do anything because of politics? Nuclear weapons?

[csense]

There's too much money to be made by doing business in China for Western society to be willing to take a principled stand.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

On a not-unrelated note, I'm thinking about buying some South Park DVD's. Just a small way to vote with my wallet on the China issue.

[loceng]

As we have seen with the situation with Hong Kong, and more recently Lebron James and the NBA, the economic power of China and the censorship ability or perhaps fear of their tyrant leadership - is enough to stop many people.

[zachguo]

This has actually gained mass coverage recently given the current geopolitical atmosphere. However, I would take this with a grain of salt. If you do a bit of research, you will find the claim was made by people related to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement[1](a terrorist organization linked to Al-Qaeda) and the World Uyghur Congress.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Uyghur_Congress

[thewizardofaus]

Absolutely devastating. I wish I could help in some way, but I feel powerless.

[yummypaint]

Make friends with chinese people online or IRL with chinese nationals who will return home. Have important conversations. Make connections. Undermine the control of information.