>The paranoid cultural genocide to stop Muslim terrorism idea they were initially trying is over.

Uhhh

> A bike seller’s eyes widened in alarm when he learned I was a foreigner. He picked up his phone and began dialing the police.

> A convenience store cashier chatted idly about declining sales – then was visited by the shadowy men tailing us. When we dropped by again, she didn’t say a word, instead making a zipping motion across her mouth, pushing past us and running out of the store.

Doesn't sound to me like they've ended it at all. They've just learned to be more covert about it. Less open operation of concentration camps, more threatening people behind closed doors and a choking fear of punishment.