Full Totalitarian State - Xinjiang

[Yamato]

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Xinjiang is prototype for fully totalitarian state: Taiwan minister
Audrey Tang says Chinese region is a reminder of the value of liberal democracy

 

Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang speaks to Nikkei in her Taipei office last month. (Photo by Toshiyuki Kumagai)
ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei Asian Review deputy politics and economy editorJuly 27, 2020 15:38 JST

 

TOKYO -- China is using new technology to turn its western region of Xinjiang into a model for a fully authoritarian surveillance state, Taiwan's digital minister said on Monday.

 

"We have seen that previous attempts at totalitarian government were at most sub-totalitarian because there were no sufficient technologies to ensure the total tracking of people," Audrey Tang told reporters in Tokyo in an online news conference. "Now in places like Xinjiang we are seeing a prototype of a truly totalitarian surveillance regime is being worked on."

 

The once Muslim-majority region is part of the ongoing feud between Washington and Beijing, with the U.S. Commerce Department last week slapping sanctions on 11 more companies that it said were linked to alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang. Chinese officials slammed the move, calling it a "blatant hegemonic act."

 

A February report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute estimated that more than 80,000 Uighurs were moved out of Xinjiang to work in factories across China between 2017 and 2019, with some being sent directly from detention camps. According to the report, the workers are subjected to intimidation and threats, and are constantly monitored by security personnel and digital surveillance tools.

 

Speaking via video link from Taipei, Tang said such reports serve as a reminder for people in Taiwan of the value of liberal democracy.

 

"We see things through a human rights and democracy lens," the 39-year-old said. "These attempts, for example in Xinjiang that I just alluded to, are basically prompting all sectors in Taiwan -- not just the social sector people, the 'hacktivists,' but also people in the private sector -- to look at these applications and technologies. It serves a really strong reminder that we should not go there."

 

In a recent Nikkei interview, Tang said that putting Chinese equipment in a country's core telecom infrastructure is akin to inviting a Trojan horse into the network.

 

"Every time you upgrade you have to do another systemic risk assessment," Tang said. "But the feeling is that the risk is too high, and the cost of ownership too high, and we would be better to work with other vendors from liberal democratic countries."

 

Indeed, Taiwan has effectively excluded Huawei from its 5G network. In June, the government-backed Chunghwa Telecom launched commercial services on the island's ultrafast internet system, using Ericsson technology.

 

Taiwan's relations with China have deteriorated since President Tsai Ing-wen was first elected in 2016, making the island a frequent target of cyberattacks. The government says Taiwan is hit an average of 30 million times a month.

 

"There are cyberattacks literally every hour," Tang said. "Fortunately, most of those attacks were sorted automatically by the defense in-depth system that we employ. And so they did not really interfere with [January's] presidential election, although there's a lot of disinformation campaigns."

 

Tang, the youngest minister in Taiwan's history, is a renowned hacker, programmer and entrepreneur. Brought into Tsai's cabinet in 2016, she has been praised as a key figure in the fight against COVID-19 for her role in quickly developing apps to speed up the distribution of masks and economic stimulus coupons.

 

She describes herself as a "conservative anarchist," and continues to be so despite being in government.

 

"So I am at once digital minister, that's my day job. But I'm also moonlighting as a civic hacker," Tang said. "I see myself as a channel, as a bridge, as a Lagrangian point between civic movements on one side and government on the other."

[XianGe]

They talk so much oso no use... No one can touch tiongland... 

[socrates469bc]

nb, talk so much cock as usual this cag minister.

 

revolution and freedom requires blood, u think this cag and his fellow fake taiwan independence cags willing to risk their lives on the beaches of taiwan?????

 

[socrates469bc]

3 minutes ago, XianGe said:

They talk so much oso no use... No one can touch tiongland... 

 

the first thing the americans will do in a tiong invasion of taiwan is to carpet bomb hsinchu tech park b4 tiongs can even land paratroops.

[XianGe]

8 minutes ago, socrates469bc said:

 

the first thing the americans will do in a tiong invasion of taiwan is to carpet bomb hsinchu tech park b4 tiongs can even land paratroops.

 

Tink now tiongland oso dun dare go war... But wif so much tension, they should go settle once in for all... 

[socrates469bc]

8 minutes ago, XianGe said:

 

Tink now tiongland oso dun dare go war... But wif so much tension, they should go settle once in for all... 

 

m.a.d. so everyone keep doing posturing without firing a missile.

 

however, the americans have useless obama to blame for allowing tiong to expand its scs holdings.

 

now, tiong navy visit manila bay or labuan when they feel song song.

 

 

 

[XianGe]

2 hours ago, socrates469bc said:

 

m.a.d. so everyone keep doing posturing without firing a missile.

 

however, the americans have useless obama to blame for allowing tiong to expand its scs holdings.

 

now, tiong navy visit manila bay or labuan when they feel song song.

 

 

 

 

Basically du30 oso lanlan... 

[meng.huat]

@ManOfTheHour will chiu lick Audrey's PGD after hot yoga?

 

[ManOfTheHour]

1 hour ago, meng.huat said:

@ManOfTheHour will chiu lick Audrey's PGD after hot yoga?

 

I imagine thats how you look but with short hair

[meng.huat]

34 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:

I imagine thats how you look but with short hair

 

pretty accurate.

my face more round

Edited July 28, 2020 by meng.huat

[aaur4man]

He or she? I'm confused

[meng.huat]

5 minutes ago, aaur4man said:

He or she? I'm confused

 

he is Audrey Tang. Digital minister of taiwan

[ManOfTheHour]

4 hours ago, aaur4man said:

He or she? I'm confused

Now any motherfucker can live with whatever they identify with. 
too bad it will be frowned upon if i decide to live as chiobu toilet bowl since i can identify with that