Show Notes
China stands accused of committing crimes against humanity, and possibly even genocide, against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. Yet Beijing compares its system of 're-education camps' to the West’s war on terror and says it's entitled to protect its citizens from domestic terrorism. This is the sharp end of the China problem; exhibit A of Xi Jinping's authoritarianism and the west's impotence to defend human rights within China's borders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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