China Sends 1.1 Million Party Members to Share Uighurs' Homes [View all]

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From the article:

The two women in the photograph were smiling, but Halmurat Idris knew something was terribly wrong.


One was his 39-year-old sister; standing at her side was an elderly woman Idris did not know. Their grins were tight-lipped, mirthless. Her sister had posted the picture on a social media account along with a caption punctuated by a smiley-face.

"Look, I have a Han Chinese mother now!" his sister wrote.


Idris knew instantly: The old woman was a spy, sent by the Chinese government to infiltrate his family.


There are many like her. According to the ruling Communist Party's official newspaper, as of the end of September, 1.1 million local government workers have been deployed to ethnic minorities' living rooms, dining areas and Muslim prayer spaces, not to mention at weddings, funerals and other occasions once considered intimate and private.

To read more:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-30/urgent-uninvited-guests-keep-watch-for-china-inside-uighur-homes


Shades of Big Brother.In this particular case of totalitarian oppression, the leaders of the totalitarian Chinese Government are atheists.


When I read various posts that try to explain that religion is the prime reason for war, or violence, or repression, or oppression, or any of a list of things, my reaction is to notice that all of thse things are done by totalitarians. Most of these totalitarians are theists, but that is because theists represent the majority of humans.

But when totalitarian non-theists are in charge, the exact same negative behaviors are present.