6000 years from now, the Pan-Galactic Uyghur Confederacy are surveying for new planets to add to their territory when they come across a small outpost marked NYT-005030. An automated radio signal is detected, and after decoding the ancient language known as English, it turns out to be an opinion piece titled: "The PGUC grew by only five trillion citizens last year. Here's what this means for China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang."