History Repeats Itself in China's Reeducation Camps

Ablikim and Ayshem Turkel hold Nury Turkel in 1971, shortly after Nury and his mother were released from a Chinese "reeducation camp." (Courtesy of Nury Turkel)

Despite China’s vaunted economic reforms, forced labor programs have remained a human rights concern in Communist China throughout its history—culminating in the ongoing enslavement of the Uyghurs. In an essay for CNN, Hudson Senior Fellow Nury Turkel reflects on his early life in a Chinese reeducation camp, the indifference of the international community, and the steps that the U.S. and democratic allies must take to alleviate the suffering of the Uyghur people.

Virtual Event | Preventing the Next Supply Chain Disruption

Cargo containers sit stacked at a Bayonne port on October 15, 2021, in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Getty Images)

What are the sources of fragility in global supply chains and how can these vulnerabilities be addressed? Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt will join Lieutenant General Duane A. Gamble, Interos CEO Jennifer Bisceglie, and AT&T Director of Logistics and Global Supply Chain Dennis Hodgkins for a discussion on the challenges facing commercial and military supply chains and strategies to improve resilience.

Xi Jinping Battens Down the Hatches

Xi Jinping waves as he attends the art performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on June 28, 2021, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

Xi Jinping is consolidating his power across the Communist Party and the Chinese state. The world must deal with a Chinese government simultaneously puffed up by triumphalism and haunted by fears of the future, writes Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal.  In response, the U.S. and its allies must make resolute and robust preparations to deter Chinese aggression while conveying a genuine desire to work cooperatively with a China willing to uphold the basic framework of international order.

Needed: A Military Strategy for China

Armored vehicles from Taiwan military forces parade in front of the Taiwan presidential palace on the occasion of the nation's 110 birthday. (Getty Images)

‘Strategic ambiguity' is the longstanding U.S. policy toward Taiwan, but President Biden’s approach has been more ambiguous than strategic, writes Seth Cropsey in The Wall Street Journal. China’s strategic objective is to monopolize the South and East China seas and reshape the global order. To counter the threat from China, a sweeping reorientation of American force structure is needed.

🎙Making a Killing | Ep. 27: America's Real Estate Laundromat

On the latest episode of Making a Killing, Lakshmi Kumar, policy director at Global Financial Integrity, joined Casey Michel to discuss the damaging—and sometimes deadly—consequences of money laundering in American real estate. Listen and subscribe to learn how corruption is reshaping global politics and fueling some of the deadliest security threats facing the world today.

BEFORE YOU GO...

The Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) technology transfer agreement has the potential to accelerate cutting-edge military innovation and shift the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region. However, if specific elements of the pact are not properly handled, unintended consequences could undermine its core goals. Should the agreement become a model for other U.S. allies and partners? Hudson Institute and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) will co-host a conversation on this important issue with Bryan Clark, John Lee and NPEC Executive Director Henry Sokolski.