The relevant section of that article is Section V. China has had a system of labor/re-education camps in the past, named laojiao: https://www.theatlantic.com/

The relevant section of that article is Section V. China has had a system of labor/re-education camps in the past, named laojiao: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/chinas-re-education-through-labor-system-the-view-from-within/272913/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/ch... These were supposedly abolished in 2013, but in fact many of them may have been rebranded using other titles, see: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/12/china-s-re-education-through-labour-camps-replacing-one-system-repression-another/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/12/china-s-re-ed... and this is why I was making the point that such policies are not new. That being said - the article you linked to really sends chills down one's spines, and just reading the Chinese government's self-justification for forced interment of people not convicted nor charged with any crime indeed serves to emphasize the repressive nature of this practice.