At the time we began, it was believed that there were around 1,200 camps in existence, while only several dozen had been found. We wanted to try to find the rest.
Our breakthrough came when we noticed that there was some sort of issue with satellite imagery tiles loading in the vicinity of one of the known camps while using the Chinese mapping platform Baidu Maps. The satellite imagery was old, but otherwise fine when zoomed out, but at a certain point, plain light gray tiles would appear over the camp location. They disappeared as you zoomed in further, while the satellite imagery was replaced by the standard gray reference tiles, which showed features such as building outlines and roads. ...
Of these locations, we believe 315 are in use as part of the current internment program — 268 new camp or prison complexes, plus 47 pretrial administrative detention centers that have not been expanded over the past 4 years.
Once they figured out that China was hiding camps they did a wider inquiry comparing Baidu imagery with Western sources. And so Buzzfeed mapped the genocide camps that the Chinese Communist Party has set up.
My hats off to Buzzfeed. They did the news reporting that CNN and ABC won't conduct when it comes to their CCP business partner.
Sometimes hiding something just shows you what is important to hide. Thank goodness China hasn't intimidated every service to hide the same things.
Tip to Insanity Wrap.
