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> recording devices are being put in the homes of these people to prevent passage of oral culture/history to the young This is the first time I hear of this, b
by deogeo 7y ago
> recording devices are being put in the homes of these people to prevent passage of oral culture/history to the young
This is the first time I hear of this, but I haven't been paying close attention - can you tell me more about it?
- rolltiide 7y agoI’ve also been having trouble getting more information on this People would ironically prefer to censor my interest at all, or thats how it seems
- wyxuan 7y agoPlanet money had a recent episode that was really good on the Uighers that you could listen to.
- entropea 7y agohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your-next-apartment-before-you-do-11559361605 https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your...
- nemothekid 7y agoNot OP; I've only come across this in a Vice documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AYyUqrMuQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AYyUqrMuQ I don't think the surveillance has the explicit purpose of preventing cultural reproduction, but I can imagine it has a chilling effect.
- brendanw 7y agohttps://www.shahit.biz/eng/ https://www.shahit.biz/eng/ Here is a database of over 5000 video testimonials by people who have had family members disappeared into Chinese "re-education camps". You can spit the database file out as a .xls and text search it. I found four accounts of forced abortions for women held in the camps.
- deogeo 7y agoI meant specifically the recording devices in homes. I'm otherwise aware of China's general anti-Uyghur policy.