After years of brutal repression, China's Communist Party tries to turn Xinjiang into a tourism hotspot
After years of brutal repression, China's Communist Party tries to turn Xinjiang into a tourism hotspot
For several years, the region of Xinjiang has been shut off from most of the world's media. The ABC got to go inside, but all was not as it seemed.
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My father visited western China in the early 90s, it was an absolute mission to get that far west back then. And it was a real back water. Very poor but he loved it, he absolutely loved it said the people and the food was amazing.
That's the general sentiment I've seen a lot. China was really going places and dramatically improving until Xi turned up
It's the system that is the issue. Without checks and balances if it wasn't Xi it would just be another guy with a different name.
I believe Deng Xiaoping had two successors lined up last being Hi Jintao, so a dictator was always going to seize power when xi came on.
So you can replace until Xi showed up with until anyone showed up that term.
Sounds like a wonderful trip. Hopefully there will be emancipation during our lifetimes
You father must be hungry to appreciate the "famine" food.
He said the food in China was awful back then in general so it wasn't hard to beat.