China Forces Muslim Uyghurs to Sing Chilldren’s Songs in English, Milos Reviews Netflix Releases, La Ruta at Steppenwolf Theatre

By Worldview Staff
In this Dec. 3, 2018, photo, a child walks past a large screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar, western China’s Xinjiang region. Across the Xinjiang region, a growing number of internment camps have been built, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries, in what activists call “black factories.“
In this Dec. 3, 2018, photo, a child walks past a large screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar, western China's Xinjiang region. Across the Xinjiang region, a growing number of internment camps have been built, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries, in what activists call "black factories." Ng Han Guan / AP Photo
In this Dec. 3, 2018, photo, a child walks past a large screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar, western China’s Xinjiang region. Across the Xinjiang region, a growing number of internment camps have been built, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries, in what activists call “black factories.“
In this Dec. 3, 2018, photo, a child walks past a large screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar, western China's Xinjiang region. Across the Xinjiang region, a growing number of internment camps have been built, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries, in what activists call "black factories." Ng Han Guan / AP Photo

China Forces Muslim Uyghurs to Sing Chilldren’s Songs in English, Milos Reviews Netflix Releases, La Ruta at Steppenwolf Theatre

By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:

  • China’s Muslim minorities have faced increased pressure to assimilate to Han Chinese culture, and self-suppress their religious and ethnic practices.
  • WBEZ’s Film Contributor, Milos Stehlik of Facets Chicago, has always been skeptical of the trend of streaming services, like Netflix and Amazon Prime, releasing major films, and bypassing theaters.
  • January is International Human Trafficking Month, and today is International Human Trafficking Day. Worldview’s Weekend Passport segment commemorates this issue by highlighting the play “La Ruta”, a collaboration between Steppenwolf Theatre and the Salvation Army’s “Stop it Initiative Against Human Trafficking”.