now I'm confused, I thought you were chinese expat? it seems logical given you live in flushing and watch 新闻联播
you absolutely should read that book though, they are a bit too loose with their style (ie giving dialogue or inner thoughts to something that they only know basic information about) and never point out where such and such info or insight came from but it's an absolutely amazing book and a great read even if you aren't interested in china
i first got pretty concerned about Xi when he detained this guy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...A1O15420140225
and then really concerned when he got a life sentence
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/w...tism-case.html
people fail to understand that there are legit terrorist attacks in china perpetrated by uighurs who got training in camps in afghanistan and that these attacks don't get much attention in the west because china censors the images, that the truck driver playing GTA in nice, france was basically a copy cat of the most common form of uighur attacks in China
i remember when the attacks were happening very regularly you would constantly see these images people were posting online and within a week or so they'd all be taken down
i think china made a huge mistake in handling those attacks, they confiscated and cleaned up the recordings and images of them because they didn't want the success to inspire more as it's been demonstratably proven that media attention to any issue spurs and encourages more people to take up the cause as well
the downside of this is that there aren't the visceral images available for people to see online and then sympathize with what's going on and understand the mindset
but a guy who's a college professor in the capital, regardless of what his political desires or leanings may be, he is not a terrorist. he may have been involved in planning a rebellion or separatist activities, i honestly don't know, but he was a moderate through and through and when he was detained that spoke to me that they were going to be overdoing it to "better be safe than sorry"
but, if he was indeed guilty and/or a terrorist, they sure as hell should have made a big deal of the evidence and pushed it out there
happy thanksgiving everyone