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Re:A Week in Xinjiang’s Absolute Surveillance State by throwaway565r on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:39PM (#18571375)
That million number gets thrown around but from what I’ve read, it’s just a guess.

For perspective, the US has about 2.3 million in “rehabilitation centers” so a million doesn’t seem outlandish I suppose.

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Re:A Week in Xinjiang’s Absolute Surveillance State by RileyJames on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:50PM (#18571495)
You’re right, it’s an estimate.

Considering there are approx 10M Uighur people in Xinjiang, even a conservative 500k in detention is 1 in 20.

He mentioned not seeing many young Uighur men on the streets. I wonder where they’re hanging out...

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Re:A Week in Xinjiang’s Absolute Surveillance State by brorfred on Saturday December 01, 2018 @05:09PM (#18579292)
While this estimate is eye opening it has to be compared to the ratio of black men in prison in the US, which is about 7%. One could argue that both high incarceration rates are results of policies to keep certain ethnic groups in control. (war on drugs as a continuation of Jim Crow laws in the US)
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