China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

 

China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while many Uighur children are taken to state-run orphanages where they're indoctrinated into Chinese customs.

China lockdown: tens of millions trapped in Shanghai

But in recent weeks, Shanghai's reputation has taken a hit. The city of twenty six million people is suffering a Covid outbreak, in a country resolutely sticking to a Zero-Covid strategy. Residents have been told to stay in their homes for weeks, with many of those trapped inside going online to complain about a shortage of fresh food. Now video has emerged of some residents pleading with police not to turn their buildings into quarantine facilities.