Samuel Wade
Samuel Wade is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver. You can also find him on Bluesky and LinkedIn.
Baidu Satellite Gaps Highlight Xinjiang Detention Sites
Posted by Samuel Wade | Aug 28, 2020
A new report from Buzzfeed News identifies 268 new purpose-built detention sites across Xinjiang, detected by cross-referencing areas obscured on Baidu Maps’ satellite view with images from sources not subject to Chinese...
Read MoreLoyalty to Xi Lies at Core of Public Security Purge
Posted by Samuel Wade | Aug 23, 2020
The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports on a new campaign against corruption and disloyalty in China’s public security machinery: Officials in China’s law-and-order apparatus have been ordered to “drive the blade...
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