China is worried about an international backlash to its ‘re-education camps’, raising the stakes for Xi Jinping who has directly challenged Western-style democracy.
For someone who once wanted nothing to do with his hoary lineage, architect V Ganapati Sthapati brought about a veritable renaissance in temple architecture before his death in 2011.
This is not Stalin’s Soviet Union, or Mao’s China. The crackdown seems excessive, over the top. As a near superpower, deeply integrated with the rest of the world, including Islamic countries, China should be detaining a few hundred, not a couple of million, potential troublemakers. Difficult to predict how Emperor Xi’s extended reign will end.
This is not Stalin’s Soviet Union, or Mao’s China. The crackdown seems excessive, over the top. As a near superpower, deeply integrated with the rest of the world, including Islamic countries, China should be detaining a few hundred, not a couple of million, potential troublemakers. Difficult to predict how Emperor Xi’s extended reign will end.