There is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today about the next step against Muslims in China. This article points out China has started to destroy communities - tearing them down - and rebuilding them into high-rises. Whether this is a good thing or not is subject to some interpretation. What they are doing is erasing a way of life - the village - and replacing it with vertical residences that isolate individuals and get them off the street where they communicate.
We used to live in a neighborhood with a number of immigrants and embassy staff from the Middle East. We were surprised at how many people did their business outside the office, literally standing outside to talk to people as they came by. We don't see that much in Falls Church. We had high-rises all around us and lived in one, and the occasional vendor would walk the common areas shaking hands and introducing themselves. It seemed odd, but not threatening.
We don't hear much from the human rights advocates about what China has done to the Muslim population. It is good to see the Journal writing about it.
Note: I forgot to mention the picture in this article. It shows how bit some of the camps are. Row after row of barracks as far as the eye can see with support buildings and a city built up where one did not exist before. This is a really big business. As one of my friends said the other day, "If any other country in the world put a million Muslims in detention centers, there would be an uproar. Not so with China." It shows the power China has over the world press.
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