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Uighurs

World

China's 'Tainted' Cotton

China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xinjiang.

John Sudworth BBC Dec 2020 25min Permalink

Sports World

The Erasure of Mesut Özil

A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.

Rory Smith, Tariq Panja New York Times Oct 2020 Permalink

Tech

The Panopticon Is Already Here

Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.

Ross Andersen The Atlantic Jul 2020 30min Permalink