Delayed UN report on repression of Uyghurs

Pressure from China — threats of noncooperation — delayed the UN report on repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang for a whole year.

Bad as racism, plutocracy and media bias are in the US, we must not forget that things can get far, far worse — and China shows what that is like.

The US bullies some Muslims to act as spies on their friends. China bullies all Chinese to act as spies and agents of pressure, and bullies international institutions to serve its will.

Putin has recently reshaped Russia into a sort of quasi-China. He engages in cruelty massively, but in a more emotional fashion than China's machine-like callousness; meanwhile, his grip on Russians is still not as tight as Chairman Xi's. There is a chance to defeat Putin before he can reach that point.