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> They ultimately identified more than 260 structures that appeared to be fortified detention camps. Some of the sites were capable of holding more than 10,000

> They ultimately identified more than 260 structures that appeared to be fortified detention camps. Some of the sites were capable of holding more than 10,000 people and many contained factories where prisoners were forced into labor. All BuzzFeed jokes aside, this is an exceptional piece of journalism. They managed to identify the exact spots where China was holding the Uyghurs, Kazakhs. "They began with an enormous dataset of 50,000 locations. Buschek built a custom tool to sort through those images." In a time when even mentioning anything remotely to China can get you in really hot waters, kudos to them for pursuing such news.

bigyikes 5y ago
Not disagreeing with your main point, but isn’t hating on China the new hotness? Anything anti-CCP is almost guaranteed upvotes.
- skinkestek 5y ago
  > Not disagreeing with your main point, but isn’t hating on China the new hotness? Be precise: many of us loves China and Chinese people. > Anything anti-CCP is almost guaranteed upvotes. Because we love Chinese people. Weird but true. In the same way that we want to stop boats before they cross the Mediterranean so that less people will die crossing. (However I admit that I think I'm probably in the minority who actually wants to increase spending to support people where they live so they don't have to move.)
- fighterpilot 5y ago
  Not for anyone working for a company with ties to China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/john-cena-very-sorry-for-saying-taiwan-is-a-country https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/john-cena-very...
- jokethrowaway 5y ago
  Maybe on HN? In the real world China has ties with a lot of western companies and probably countries. Look for people not recognising Taiwan or the world not sanctioning China for COVID or for the aforementioned concentration camps where they detain 8M people.
- solarkraft 5y ago
  This is a reaction to China’s behavior (current example: Going wild over John Cena calling Taiwan a country).

bigyikes 5y ago

Not disagreeing with your main point, but isn’t hating on China the new hotness? Anything anti-CCP is almost guaranteed upvotes.

skinkestek 5y ago
> Not disagreeing with your main point, but isn’t hating on China the new hotness? Be precise: many of us loves China and Chinese people. > Anything anti-CCP is almost guaranteed upvotes. Because we love Chinese people. Weird but true. In the same way that we want to stop boats before they cross the Mediterranean so that less people will die crossing. (However I admit that I think I'm probably in the minority who actually wants to increase spending to support people where they live so they don't have to move.)
fighterpilot 5y ago
Not for anyone working for a company with ties to China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/john-cena-very-sorry-for-saying-taiwan-is-a-country https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/john-cena-very...
jokethrowaway 5y ago
Maybe on HN? In the real world China has ties with a lot of western companies and probably countries. Look for people not recognising Taiwan or the world not sanctioning China for COVID or for the aforementioned concentration camps where they detain 8M people.
solarkraft 5y ago
This is a reaction to China’s behavior (current example: Going wild over John Cena calling Taiwan a country).