Welcome to Axis ProRata, a podcast that takes just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech business and politics.

I'm Dan Permac. On today's show, a Facebook co-founder calls for the company to be broken up and something to look for during tomorrow's Uber IPO.

But first, all eyes on China trade, none on China human rights.

At 1201 tomorrow morning, the U.S. is expected to impose new tariffs on around $200 billion worth of Chinese goods,

as trade negotiations between the two countries appear to have broken down.

But whether we get a deal or don't get a deal, there isn't expected to be any U.S. action on China's detention of between 1 million and 2 million of its own citizens

who it accuses of having terrorist tendencies. Now, these people are Ungers, an officially recognized

ethnic minority in China that mostly practice Islam. China claims the detentions, which it initially

denied even existed, are about preventing terrorism. But again, we are talking

about well over one million people. And new reporting shows that they get swept up for activities

that have nothing to do with terrorism and more to do with their ethnicity. And this gets done

often via facial recognition technology. It's also hard to square China's claim that these

are potential terrorists with its other claim

that living in the camps is voluntary. Why would terrorists volunteer for what's essentially a

re-education camp? And why wouldn't China forcibly detain someone who was actually a terrorist?

Anyway, one reason this is happening is that the international community, both governments and

corporations,

have largely turned a blind eye to it.

The U.S. has issued some statements of condemnation, but the Unger's plight apparently hasn't

come up at all in trade talks, which have been going on for over a year at the highest levels,

with the Washington Post reporting that Treasury officials have basically prevented State

Department officials from

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