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21 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
In Gansu's "Little Mecca," minarets have been toppled, the call to prayer banned. Minorities shuttled into factory jobs have begun to forget their languages. Cadres enter conservative villages preaching a new faith: Love the Party first.

Our dispatch: latimes.com/world-nation/s…
I first visited Linxia 4 years ago for this story about the relative flourishing of Hui Islam bc of its ability to blend Islamic and Chinese identities. That seems to have changed, w authorities' new, "preemptive" restrictions on Hui Islam chinafile.com/features/separ…
The policies seem to fit w Xi's "stability"-focused approach to governance, always aiming to ensure ideological uniformity and root out threats before they exist. It also focuses on "从娃娃抓起" - starting w childhood - and forming the thoughts & loyalties of the next generation.
In 2016, Hui imams surprised me w their views that materialism & secularization, not state oppression, were the biggest threats to their faith. In 2020, the state seems to have thrown its weight behind secularization, melding the two together

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Fascinating 6-part Chinese strategy to win the global public opinion war, from this CASS article (h/t @judeblanchette): 1. Prepare for "attacks" from U.S. and other media by understanding how foreign media works cssn.cn/zk/wjyya/20200…
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We found so many fascinating contradictions and shocking nuggets in our deep dive into China's wildlife industry and why its new ban is not enough to stop future virus outbreaks. THREAD:
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Read our latest #Wuhan #coronavirus stories: 1) China’s strong centralized control enables mass mobilization - 50m ppl on lockdown! - that would be unthinkable anywhere else. But that top-down grip is also what enabled this crisis in the first place latimes.com/world-nation/s…
2) On the ground, medical workers' loved ones weep as they send them into an epidemic that's killed more than 130 so far & infected ~6,000, more than doubling in just the last two days
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Afraid of arrest at hospitals, injured #HongKong protesters have turned to underground medical networks for help - including traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who treat them w acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal tonics latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Here are some of the herbal tonics + an anti-burn ointment made specifically for tear gas + blue water cannon exposure (coughing, breathing problems, indigestion, skin burning). Note the creative names 😅 + the top right one is just essential oils for soothing anxiety & insomnia
There are more than 50 TCM doctors in all 18 districts of HK offering treatment for free. The protesters are astonishingly young - mostly teenagers, some of whom have been arrested before.
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