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I mean sure, if the article is about economics and real estate, then it is unlikely that it would include political stuff. A more charitable interpretation of

I mean sure, if the article is about economics and real estate, then it is unlikely that it would include political stuff. A more charitable interpretation of my comment would be that I am referring to stories on Chinese politics (human rights, surveillance, etc).

seanmcdirmid 8y ago
There are plenty of human rights abuses in eastern China against Hans even that get reported without mentioning Uighurs. I’m sure you can find a few those in the current stack of China articles from those sites, they make them easy to find. Eg they released Liu Xiaobao’s widow today from imprisonment for...reasons. No references to xinjiang: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lets-widow-of-dissident-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-leave-1531212157 https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lets-widow-of-dissident-n...
- paradite 8y ago
  First, that was from last month, before the Uighur issue was blowing up, not today. Second, that was a positive followup to a negative story, not a new negative story.
  - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    Only a Chinese could view that as a positive but ok; in the west we consider it negative because it reminds everyone she was imprisoned in the first place, not to mention her husband’s plight. Sorry, I didn’t look at the time stamp, wsj just doesn’t cover China as frequently as they used to. Here is one from August 2nd on nyt: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-wenguang-voa.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FChina&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=35&pgtype=collection https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-weng... Oh, and if you consider safe vaccines a human right: https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/26/a-vaccine-scandal-shakes-trust-in-chinas-government https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/26/a-vaccine-scandal... Nary anything about xinjiang.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago

There are plenty of human rights abuses in eastern China against Hans even that get reported without mentioning Uighurs. I’m sure you can find a few those in the current stack of China articles from those sites, they make them easy to find. Eg they released Liu Xiaobao’s widow today from imprisonment for...reasons. No references to xinjiang: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lets-widow-of-dissident-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-leave-1531212157 https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lets-widow-of-dissident-n...

paradite 8y ago
First, that was from last month, before the Uighur issue was blowing up, not today. Second, that was a positive followup to a negative story, not a new negative story.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  Only a Chinese could view that as a positive but ok; in the west we consider it negative because it reminds everyone she was imprisoned in the first place, not to mention her husband’s plight. Sorry, I didn’t look at the time stamp, wsj just doesn’t cover China as frequently as they used to. Here is one from August 2nd on nyt: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-wenguang-voa.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FChina&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=35&pgtype=collection https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/asia/china-sun-weng... Oh, and if you consider safe vaccines a human right: https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/26/a-vaccine-scandal-shakes-trust-in-chinas-government https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/26/a-vaccine-scandal... Nary anything about xinjiang.