'I try not to think about China...'

...is the wrong answer.

My wife brought my attention to this article the other day and gave me a rundown of the surveillance state and outright internment camps that Uighurs are experiencing in China. I had a vague understanding of the situation and had hoped to keep it that way. I told her, “I try not to think about China,” despite the fact that my life as a consumer in the U…