Tokers:
While I can't vouch for all the details in this item, I can state from
direct experience that two years ago the Chinese were rounding up
Uighurs in Shanghai and "deporting" them to Xinjaing. I actually saw
it in action on the streets there.
"Xinjiang is now a totalitarian police state of historic proportions —
it is widely cited as one of the most heavily policed places in the
world today. Public security budgets have skyrocketed and futuristic
surveillance systems have been pioneered in the region. As a result,
over 20 percent of all criminal arrests in China happens in Xinjiang,
despite the fact that the region contains only 1.5 percent of the
country’s population."
"In the camps, officials seek to brainwash prisoners to disavow
Islam and pledge loyalty to the Communist Party, and torture those who
refuse."
"Arbitrary detentions without charge or trial are the norm for
prisoners in these camps, and ethnically Kazakh Muslims have been
“disappeared” in large numbers along with Uyghurs. Common “crimes” are
“viewing foreign websites, taking phone calls from relatives abroad,
praying regularly or growing a beard.” The widespread use of arbitrary
detention is also being used as a tool to force Uyghurs abroad into
silence."
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About this website
supchina.com
China’s re-education camps for a million Muslims: What
everyone needs to know[1]
Islam is *alphabetic* and, therefore, West, whereas the Chinese are
*ideo/pictogrpahic* and, therefore, East. These are two fundamentally
different Cultures (capital "C") with fundamentally different language
technologies at the root of their 2000+ year formation. As a result,
Islam cannot survive in China. Indeed, nothing "alphabetic" will
survive.
As some might have noticed, Marxism is *also* Western. Accordingly,
from 2004-2011 the Central Party School in Beijing -- where all CPC
senior cadre are trained (modelled on the French ecole hierarchy) --
completely scrubbed Marxism of its Western traces and "Sinicized" it.
This past May, I was in Beijing at the 2nd World Congress on Marxism
to personally observe the results. The Western Marxists invited to
attend were completely baffled at what had been done -- but happy for
the free plane tickets.
Now the CPS is teaching Confucius and Laotze to these cadres --
while also proclaiming publicly that it will win the "War of the
Robots" . . . !!
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_AI-2DSuperpowers-2DChina-2DSilicon-2DValley_dp_132854639X&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=X-RdbOknBVQKywj0rdYxyCTA_j7LUmVegoA_I0_HMlw&s=UoRGU6BveRQVHDlP5dgUC00YxCNz6Jc5yUpnUI8wIZI&e=
I was supposed to be back there a week ago but the CPC stopped my
approval to discuss the "robot problem" with one of their
researchers. It isn't clear if I will be allowed to return. Stories
are circulating that "CIA collaborators" are being arrested and killed
and I'm in their "system" as a "US spy." Now it is being reported
that it was the Chinese (not the Russians) who actually hacked the
election (or at least Hilary's closet servers.)
When Mao took over, many attempted to "simplify" the difficult
Chinese writing system -- which is still foundational, as reflected in
the general use of Chinese subtitles in Chinese movies, since the
"accents" of many actors cannot be understood everywhere in China.
That simplification then led to the teaching of the alphabet to
Chinese children, so that they could use it for the Pinyin
representation of the language. This is now the basis of Chinese use
of Western technology, since smart-phones don't have "Chinese"
keyboards. Perhaps that will be the next target?
There is no chance that China will allow itself to become a part of
the "Global System" -- other than, as has now become headlines, to
take advantage of it. As anyone involved in science/technology at the
graduate-level knows, many (if not most) of the accomplished students
in these fields are Chinese. In effect, our education system has
become theirs. No, that does not mean that China is becoming like
us. It means that they are "stealing" our ideas.
This presents many problems, particularly in the field of national
security. This past Sunday's "60 Minutes" had a segment on two
Chinese-Americans whose lives were upended on suspicions of them being
Chinese spys. The most recent National Security Strategy (NSS 2018)
introduced the topic of "National Security Information Base" for the
first time. Everyone involved knows that China was the target.
Whatever else you might think about Trump, he inherited a front-row
seat for a world in massive conflict (largely ignored by the press
which is, instead, obsessed with eliminating him.)
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.whitehouse.gov_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2017_12_NSS-2DFinal-2D12-2D18-2D2017-2D0905-2D2.pdf&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=X-RdbOknBVQKywj0rdYxyCTA_j7LUmVegoA_I0_HMlw&s=SfaDlT5KfBqVJpfgsFGY9lb39oNrPMhzAlBCiXxZi0c&e=
At the Center, we have concluded that their are *three* over-lapping
"global operating systems": East, West and Digital. The
TELEVISION-era notion of "One World" is totally defunct. Nobody takes
the United Nations (or IMF/World Bank &c) seriously anymore. We have
added DIGITAL because that's now the driver for *all* Cultures
(capital "C" and plural) -- including the *new* one that wants to
eliminate humanity (by "upgrading" it and "colonizing Mars.")
Yes, as the Chinese saying goes, "May you live in interesting times"
. . . <g>
Mark
P.S. In the late-70s (when I was in my late 20s), I invented what
was then the world's most accurate (in terms of representing the
language) Arabic wordprocessor. It was called "The Diplomat." I
became an expert in Arabic calligraphy but never learned to speak or
read the language. NEC in Japan hired me to design wheels for their
Spinwriter. The Saudi government invited me to help them standarize
Arabic for computers (i.e. the equivalent of ASCII). I once spent
$10,000 on a hotel bill in Riyadh, while drinking $100 Swiss
grapejuice. One Thanksgiving, I was almost killed on the highway to
Dhahran (leading me to propose over the phone to the mother of my
children.)
As a result, I know a little about Islam. What is happening now in
China is, from their standpoint, the only thing they can do and they
will be ruthless in carrying it out. Any notion of there being a
"family of man" should be re-examined. It's only going to get worse,
as Sam Huntington correctly predicted 30 years ago but, alas, since
ELECTRICITY *formed* our elites, he was ignored. "Globalism" is dead
-- which is why Trump was elected. The "World Order" has already been
remade. And, as they say, "Something's strange in the neighborhood!
Who are you going to call?"
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Clash-2DCivilizations-2DRemaking-2DWorld-2DOrder_dp_1451628978&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=X-RdbOknBVQKywj0rdYxyCTA_j7LUmVegoA_I0_HMlw&s=uq2UUrNVq0sZpXu5vOhjh6dwY8HPEfXrhLau6CyGshM&e=
Links:
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https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__supchina.com_2018_08_22_xinjiang-2Dexplainer-2Dchinas-2Dreeducation-2Dcamps-2Dfor-2Da-2Dmillion-2Dmuslims_&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=X-RdbOknBVQKywj0rdYxyCTA_j7LUmVegoA_I0_HMlw&s=AhHCO_atxpDBQFarQtajUJpMF2fpK3eLp4xh0NrR3Ig&e=
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