US senators, citing Uighurs, urge Netflix to drop planned Chinese sci-fi series

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Workers ride past the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on Sep 4, 2018. LOS ANGELES: Five Republican US senators have urged Netflix to reconsider plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy into a TV series because they said the author has defended the Chinese government's treatment of Uighur Muslims.

"If anything, the government is helping their economy and trying to lift them out of poverty," Liu said."If you were to loosen up the country a bit, the consequences would be terrifying."

 

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