The Chinese Communist Party has gambled against history that #strongmen #authoritarianism #oppression are sustainable organizing principles for societies in the modern era. The #Chinese people may side with history which has a different view.
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By accumulating all the power to himself,
#XiJinPing personalizes politics & weakens#China’s institutions – including those which the@nytimes calls ‘unusually strong institutions, bound by strict rules and norms.’https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/asia/xi-jinping-china.html …1 reply 1 retweet 2 likesShow this thread -
As part of the
#Chinese surveillance state, increasing#humanrights abuses including#crackdowns have become shockingly fast, brutally precise and tragically routine.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/china-surveillance-state-uighurs.html …1 reply 2 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
RM
@RepEliotEngel: I am very concerned by reports that the#Chinese government detained relatives of#Americans working for@RadioFreeAsiahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-detains-relatives-of-us-reporters-in-apparent-punishment-for-xinjiang-coverage/2018/02/27/4e8d84ae-1b8c-11e8-8a2c-1a6665f59e95_story.html?utm_term=.8e54da98d5d5 …1 reply 3 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Q: What were these
#American@RadioFreeAsia reporters covering that caused the#Chinese government to harass their families?1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
A: Massive detention camps in China’s Western
#Xinjiang province where an estimated 120,000 Uighurs are being held by authorities for “re-education.”https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-01222018171657.html …1 reply 2 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
RM @RepEliotEngel: We should welcome the rise of a #China that #respects its people & contributes to global stability & prosperity, but oppose #China’s efforts to subvert the rules-based order and deny basic human rights. This is why #US leadership matters.
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