Angry over campus speech by Uighur activist, Chinese students in Canada contact their consulate, fil

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Angry over campus speech by Uighur activist, Chinese students in Canada contact their consulate, film presentation

 (Bloomberg News)
By Gerry Shih and  Emily Rauhala
February 14 at 5:40 PM

The news of a talk by a Uighur activist spread quickly on campus, ricocheting across WeChat, the Chinese messaging app.

A group of Chinese students at McMaster University, in Ontario, learned that Rukiye Turdush, a vocal critic of the Chinese government’s treatment of Uighurs, was set to deliver a presentation about the mass internment of Muslims in China’s far northwest.

The students were furious that a woman they considered a separatist would be given a platform to speak. So they rallied in a chat group and reached out to a familiar source of guidance: the Chinese government.

Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/angry-over-campus-speech-by-uighur-activist-students-in-canada-contact-chinese-consulate-film-presentation/2019/02/14/a442fbe4-306d-11e9-ac6c-14eea99d5e24_story.html

This does not speak well for Chinese students here in North America. I know, many will hit the WaPo paywall, perhaps there is enough here or one can look for more info elsewhere.

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TomSea wrote:
"I know, many will hit the WaPo paywall, perhaps there is enough here or one can look for more info elsewhere."

How I defeated the WaPo "paywall" in 1.5 seconds on a Mac:
1. Tried to load page, got paywall
2. Reached up to Safari's "Developer" menu and chose "Disable Javascript"
3. Clicked the reload icon.
4. Done. No paywall.