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

VICE News · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

VICE News reporter Isobel Yeung goes undercover as a tourist in Xinjiang, documenting heavy surveillance, policing and internment of Uighurs. It also covers children taken into state-run institutions.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as first-hand, independent reporting on Xinjiang that does not rely on state-sanctioned access.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend anyone to watch the documentary created by Vice below about the atrocities that are occurring in Xinjiang”

    First-hand documentary on atrocities in Xinjiang

    LilBytes, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Information operations directed at Hong Kong”

  2. “here's a very thorough look from an established news source”

    Thorough look from an established news source

    _bxg1, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang”

  3. “have a look at this piece from VICE”

    Independent reporting without CCP-sanctioned access

    network2592, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Intel removes Xinjiang references from shareholder letter”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: uighurs, xinjiang, china surveillance, internment camps, vice news

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