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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 negativ

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.