It has been suggested that, in Xinjiang, "owning too many books" or "receiving email from abroad" contributes to one's likelihood of a police visit and ending up in such a camp.<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turned-xinjiang-into-a-police-state-like-no-other" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/05/31/china-has-turn...</a><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611815/who-needs-democracy-when-you-have-data/" rel="nofollow">https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611815/who-needs-democrac...</a>
>Xinjiang's new legislation says examples of behaviour that could lead to detention include [...] refusing to watch state TV and listen to state radio [...]
Similar repressive policy was used against the native population of Canada. It failed to achieve its intended goals, destroyed lives, and left behind a painful legacy. It's a shame the CCP has decided to take this dark path.
This story is getting suppressed from HN. As of this writing, it has 25 points and was posted 1 hour ago, but it's already off the front page. In contrast, there's currently a story on the front page about mosh pits that only has 6 points and was also posted 1-2 hours ago: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18179662" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18179662</a><p>In other news: Y Combinator announced two months ago that it's launching a startup incubator in China: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/14/y-combinator-china-qi-lu/" rel="nofollow">https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/14/y-combinator-china-qi-lu/</a>
Great. They're still persecuting people in a way that might legitimately be described as genocidal, but now they're doing it with the support of Chinese law. If we're going to oppress people and stomp all over human rights, let's be sure that we do it <i>legally</i>.<p>/s