so, it seems like the most recent chinese containment plan is to arm extremists in central asia to push back against communist expansionism into the region.

that kind of sounds vaguely familiar.

but, it seems reasonable, so i'm not worried. what could possibly go wrong?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/world/asia/congress-uighurs-china-detention.html

it's easy to trot out that old definition of insanity, again - except that one questions whether a different outcome is desirable.

but, this isn't isolated. it's part of a centuries long struggle. and the only real intent is to produce instability.