CHINA - Under Pressure

"How will Beijing respond to Hong Kong election results and leaked Uighur documents?" PBS NewsHour 11/25/2019

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SUMMARY:  Sunday’s Hong Kong election proved grassroots protesters there have overwhelming support.  Although the positions pro-democracy forces won have little power, Chief Executive Carrie Lam vowed to “seriously reflect” on the results.  Meanwhile, leaked Communist Party documents shed new light on Chinese persecution of Uighur Muslims.  Amna Nawaz talks to University of California San Diego’s Susan Shirk.

"Leaked docs give inside view of China’s mass detention camps" PBS NewsHour 12/1/2019

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SUMMARY:  Last month, hundreds of documents obtained by The New York Times gave an inside view of China’s growing indoctrination camps.  In the country’s northwestern region, Uighurs and other Muslim minorities have been detained for ideological transformation, isolated from the outside world.  Austin Ramzy, a reporter with the New York Times, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about the findings.