Some of the Muslim populations of the Middle East have recognized the Chinese are putting up to a million Muslims in camps. From indications in an article today in the Wall Street Journal, some of the those people are women and children. This kind of detention is not the kind China has said these camps are for - education and retraining for jobs. Not many children are attending job training.
I suspect this is only the beginning for them. Demonstrations in the street are what is happening now. It has taken the Muslim world a long time to respond to the claims that Uighurs are being detained on a massive level in the Northwest of China. They have caused some trouble that deserves attention, but detention and keeping wives and children from their families would not seem to be a very good solution.
Some of the most damaging terrorists came from the jails of Iraq. They commune with one another, pray together, and establish relationships that will foster cooperation among them. The most dangerous among them learn to make better bombs and disrupt towns and villages. They get better at the same kinds of behaviors that put them in jail in the first place. That is the usual scenario. When wives and children are put in camps they are not going to learn better ways to make IEDs, or set up an ambush,but they may become more strict in their religious and political views. They may encourage others to do so, and they may hope that their husbands and fathers can help out. The Chinese have so far done pretty well at keeping the Uighurs under control, but they were only dealing with a few people then. They are making new enemies faster than their ability to control them.
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