Hong Kong crisis; painted serial numbers on house walls

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/14/become-like-xinjiang-surveillance-savvy-hong-kong-protesters-go-digitally-dark/

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  We are actually very close  to China and that is really really dangerous.  We are not, like, far-away like Taiwan.  We are really close to China, so...yes.  https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/14/become-like-xinjiang-surveillance-savvy-hong-kong-protesters-go-digitally-dark/

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https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/14/happy-see-hong-kong-become-part-china-social-media-lit-google-mistranslation/

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8-4-2018  Once you get close enough you can read the painted serial numbers on the house walls-- WB-BUK 1 to 15 on one street--that tell you no one is coming back to these homes, and that many of those who lived there have been detained.   Welcome to Xinjiang in China’s northwest.  Twice the size of Germany, it holds crucial energy assets in its deserts:  the country’s largest natural gas reserves, almost half of its coal, a fifth of its oil.  https://www.ft.com/content/ac0ffb2e-8b36-11e8-b18d-0181731a0340

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