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David O'Brien
Irish anthropologist and Xinjiang expert; Assistant Professor and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Jagiellonian University, co-founder of the Irish Uyghur Cultural Association.
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Oct 6, 2026
China's Ethnic Unity Law - Codifying Transnational Repression
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Neil O'SullivanHOST
You know, given the level of control and monitoring they have, how can they be threatened by such small groups?
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19:10David O'BrienGUEST
Yeah, I think it's a really important question, and it's a very, very difficult question to answer.
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19:21David O'BrienGUEST
You know, there have been genuine attacks on, um, uh, on, on the government and on civilians that, you know, are, were very shocking towards, uh, Chinese people in the, uh, sort of mid-2000s.
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19:39David O'BrienGUEST
I think we could definitely define them as terrorist attacks because they were targeting civilians and so on.
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Neil O'SullivanHOST
Uh, this seems, again, to codify it, a- as you say, and really, uh, really extend their reach, doesn't it?