Re:BBC: The cost of speaking up against China (Uyghurs)
by boomboomsubban on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:10AM
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>Economic sanctions should aim at the top of Chinese society. Magnitsky type sanctions on officials.
Though an improvement over blanket sanctions, I suspect the rich would use it as an excuse to squeeze more out of the poor.
Additionally, I doubt the widespread abandonment of due process will truly make the people more friendly towards the West. You'd be targeting potentially millions, and any borderline case is a PR disaster. Imagine something like "mailman for forty years loses savings due to US attack."
Though an improvement over blanket sanctions, I suspect the rich would use it as an excuse to squeeze more out of the poor.
Additionally, I doubt the widespread abandonment of due process will truly make the people more friendly towards the West. You'd be targeting potentially millions, and any borderline case is a PR disaster. Imagine something like "mailman for forty years loses savings due to US attack."