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9-6-19   A security official from Astana, however, was able to provide more information about Perhat’s family.  “His father is a farmer named Tudighayit and his mother’s name is Atikem Mamat,” the official said.  “His father has been detained for three years and his mother for nearly a year, but I don’t know the location of their camps or why they were taken.  I’m not sure who had been caring for the boy.”  https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/drowning-09062019172050.html
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9-4-19  Over the years to build Xinjiang into a beautiful and rich homeland for people in the western region, the Chinese government had adopted the most preferential policies.  “Xinjiang, what a wonderful land!” is the name of a famous song that my Uyghur classmates often sang when I was studying in Beijing.

I had been deeply attracted by the beautiful melody with strong characteristics of Islamic nations and longing for the mystery and beauty of Xinjiang….

In particular, they had provided working places for the Muslim and helped them acquire skills, thus, significantly increasing the Muslim family’s income. This had provided with a new path for all ethnic groups to live in harmony.   https://dailytimes.com.pk/459402/xinjiang-what-a-wonderful-land/

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  Police collect saliva samples from bus passengers in Foshan city, Guangdong, Aug. 5, 2019.

8-23-19   Provincial and municipal authorities across China are buying large amounts of instruments, tools and medical supplies that are designed to collect DNA samples from people, RFA has learned.

Online records of government tenders and contracts awarded show that local governments in China are placing orders for DNA sampling kits, testing instruments, sequencers, and other tools, spending around 10 million yuan each.

While the majority of contracts were awarded to Chinese companies, most of the DNA instrument analyzing technology is being supplied by U.S. biotech firm Thermo Fisher....

A notice referring to the creation of a male DNA database in the central province of Hubei said the project was linked to population control, however, and that the project is expected to trace the male line across five generations.
Such a database would be able to identify adoptions, children born outside of officially sanctioned birth limits, and children born outside of socially sanctioned norms, the notice said.  https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/collect-08232019115209.html

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China’s defence white paper 2019 reiterates the importance of Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan for China.

Reuters
in the China Quarterly  Adrian Zenz and James Leibold argue that the presence of People’s Armed Police (PAP) in Xinjiang has increased 13 fold since 2014.  These recruitments are of the third level officers, i.e. informal Assistant Police Staff...Simultaneously, China since 2014 has detained hundreds of thousands (or several million) of Uyghur Muslims in XUAR and have put them in the “re-education” camps.
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/china-s-headache-taiwan-and-not-tibet-or-xinjiang-759264.html

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9-6-19  https://www.wnd.com/2019/09/barr-judges-must-stop-nationwide-injunctions/
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9-6-19   Colorado's experiment with marijuana legalization has been an epic disaster, according to one doctor seeing its effects on the front lines.

Dr. Karen Randall, an emergency room physician certified in "cannabis science and medicine," said the legalization of marijuana has damaged, rather than helped, her home state. Randall, who spoke alongside former White House drug czar John Walters at the right-leaning Hudson Institute on Friday, said the public is being misled about the effects of recreational marijuana.

"I think the public needs to know that we are not okay," Randall said. "The grand experiment is not going so well. I don't think the public is hearing about this as they should be."

In 2012, Colorado and Washington become the first states in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The Centennial State is often pointed to as a success story with more than $1 billion in tax revenues generated since legalization. Eight more states followed in approving recreational use.

While the country has plowed ahead with marijuana legalization, less attention has been paid to potential downsides of the weed market. Randall said legalization has brought with it high-potency dope: The average joint in Colorado, she says, now contains 20 milligrams of THC, 10 times as much as the average joint at Woodstock. Concentrated products, sometimes called "shatter," can be up to 99 percent THC.

"My fellow physicians don't understand, they don't understand the potency that we're dealing with in Colorado at this point," Randall said. "The potency has dramatically increased."

Randall has seen a "marked increase in medical problems" at the emergency room she works at in Pueblo, Colo. She's experienced increased admissions for cannabis-related nausea and cardiac issues. Dr. Randall is likely not alone. One recent study found a three-fold increase in marijuana-related admissions in the aftermath of legalization.

At the same time many patients use legal marijuana heavily under the misguided impression that it has medical benefits, according to Dr. Randall. She cited one patient who used marijuana to treat his brain cancer—unsurprisingly, without success.  https://freebeacon.com/issues/colorado-doctor-sounds-alarm-on-marijuana-legalization/