HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG ONE of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing Why has China coercively punished Uighurs more than Tibetans? This is a question worth exploring in depth, as some reasons are obvious, some need a lot of thought. One answer is that Tibetans have done a lot of […]
HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG TWO of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing CITIZENS ARE THE PREDICTABLE ENEMY In China, this quest to identify the enemy has deep roots. It is almost 100 years since Mao wrote one of his most famous essays: “Who are our enemies, and who are our […]
HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG THREE of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing SPEAKING IN SLOGANS 24/7 Having identified the Tibetans and Uighurs as China’s eternal internal enemies, coercive correction ensues. In today’s wolf warrior China, it follows readily that what you do with enemies you cannot be rid of, you […]
HAN SELF-RIGHTEOUS RAGE IN XINJIANG FOUR of four blogposts on authoritarian China’s delusional fixation on predictive policing In Western countries racism is debated everywhere, at all times, is vigorously contested, so much so that even in the middle of a pandemic entrenched racism and its legacies is the top topic. There is no such debate […]