Account Deleted By User https://www.afp.com/en/news/717/inside-chinas-internment-camps-tear-gas-tasers-and-textbooks-doc-1a73p63 … But the buildup began in earnest in early 2017, with local governments in predominantly Uighur southern Xinjiang ordered to speed up the construction of "concentrated educational transformation centres for focus groups" -- a euphemism for the religious, the poor, the uneducated, passport holders, and virtually all men of military age. Xinjiang's regional government issued regulations on managing "religious extremism". Extremists could be hiding anywhere, officials warned, instructing cadres to be on the lookout for 25 illegal religious activities and 75 signs of extremism, including such seemingly innocuous activities as quitting smoking or buying a tent. "Detain those who should be detained to the greatest extent possible", cadres were told. Detentions surged, catching local governments unprepared...