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Megha Rajagopalan
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International correspondent @BuzzFeedNews Based in the Middle East. Ex-China bureau chief. Light packer. [email protected]
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Oh interesting.
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Sophie Richardson
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I agree that it is a fundamentally *human* problem. But #China govt will respond differently to criticism from diverse quarters. twitter.com/chinalawtransl…
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Good question— I don’t know yet.
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Turkey has even expanded military ties with China— significant because it’s a NATO member. China is used to human rights criticism from the US & EU, but the fact that Turkey, a Belt & Road partner, is making this kind of statement on Uighurs shows China has bigger problems.
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Megha Rajagopalan
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The Chinese government put heavy pressure on Turkey in response. Last year, contacts in the Uighur community in Turkey told me they believed demonstrations outside the Chinese consulate would no longer be possible.
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Some context— in 2015 a wave of protests & riots in Istanbul over China’s treatment of Uighurs, whose culture is close to Turkish culture, caused friction between China and Turkey. This was also a time when Uighur migrants were escaping China and landing in Turkey.
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Megha Rajagopalan
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This is a big big deal. 1) almost no other country in the Muslim world has made a statement this strong (except maybe Malaysia) 2) Turkey is speaking up despite $3.6 billion in infrastructure funding from China and undoubtedly very heavy diplomatic pressure twitter.com/ragipsoylu/sta…
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Aaron Connelly
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“Had Facebook existed during the Rwandan genocide, one human rights observer asked, would it have allowed the government-backed Hutu genocidaires to use its platform while banning the rebel Tutsi forces that fought back?” theguardian.com/technology/201…
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BuzzFeed News
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Former Snopes managing editor @brooklynmarie says fact checking Facebook "was like battling the Hydra — every time we cut off a virtual head, two more would grow in its place." buzzfeednews.com/article/brooke…
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Megha Rajagopalan
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💔
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Come see our panel if you’ll be @sxsw this year! twitter.com/gladstein/stat…
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Paul Mozur
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Word is coming out Abdhurehim Heyit, one of the great living Uighur musicians, died while imprisoned in a Chinese re-education camp. He was locked up in 2017. It’s worth taking a few minutes to watch him play as a final tribute. To the King of the Dutar: m.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XTlA…
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Curse this website
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Omg stop you’re imparting the wrong lessons here. Every DM slider THINKS they’re hot.
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Megha Rajagopalan
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Congrats Ben!!!
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Tom Gara
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Candace Owens in London: "if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, OK, fine. The problem is that he wanted, he had dreams outside of Germany. He wanted to globalise." buzzfeed.com/alexspence/pro… pic.twitter.com/8ziVMQIdB1
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Melissa Chan
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Congrats to @frankshyong, the first Asian American metro columnist in @latimes's history. So excited to read his stuff, which he promises will sometimes be about food. I've reported from and lived around the world. The culinary capital of the world is easily Los Angeles. twitter.com/frankshyong/st…
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Eric Geller
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SCOOP: Trump is expected to sign his executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week, as the U.S. prepares to send its allies a strong signal about supply chain security ahead of MWC: politico.com/story/2019/02/… pic.twitter.com/bJDuXiNHVX
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Megha Rajagopalan
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!!!!! Congratulations!!
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Ian Boyden
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TT: "To harm a person's mother tongue is to harm a person's fundamental nature, and at the same time it is form of genocide in which no blood is shed." —@aiww twitter.com/aiww/status/10…
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