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Heartbreaking and terrifying. I also recommend listening to yesterday's The Daily podcast on China's claimed release of Uighurs. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08

• Lendal 7y ago
  It was a good one, and timely. My thought listening to that podcast was that the Chinese government wouldn't expend this kind of effort and expense to silence people en masse unless they felt vulnerable.
  • ep103 7y ago
    authoritarian governments always feel vulnerable, the same way cheaters in relationships always feel a little insecure, and criminals are more likely to feel suspicious and guilty.