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China’s pitiless war on Muslim Uighurs poses a dilemma for the west
Europe seeks a ‘golden era’ of trade and investment with a country that is holding a million people in ‘re-education’ camps
Chinese official says China is educating, not mistreating, Muslims
China is not mistreating Muslims in Xinjiang province but is putting some people through training courses to avoid extremism spreading, unlike Europe, which had failed to deal with the problem, a Chinese official told reporters on Thursday.
China reportedly detains man for setting his watch 2 hours behind Beijing time
Mao Zedong merged China's time zones into one to enhance 'national unity' but some still use unofficial Xinjiang time
Chinese Authorities Continue to Destroy Mosques in Xinjiang
Reports by local officials contradict a statement by a Chinese diplomat who says the region has more mosques per capita than other nations.
China is helping Afghanistan set up mountain brigade to fight terrorism
Afghan embassy refutes claim China is building a training camp in Wakhan Corridor and says there will be ‘no Chinese military personnel on Afghan soil’.
China’s Uighur Camps Swell as Beijing Widens the Dragnet
China has sharply expanded an internment program that initially targeted ethnic Uighur extremists but is now confining vast numbers of the largely Muslim minority group, including the secular, old and infirm, in camps across the country’s northwest.
China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims
UN panel says 1m ethnic Uighur Muslims being held in internment camps in Xinjiang
China rejects UN panel’s claims that 1 million Uygurs held in camps
China rejects United Nations panel’s allegations that 1 million Uygurs are being held in camps
China says claims 1 million Uyghurs put in camps 'completely untrue' | CNN
China has vociferously defended its human rights record at the United Nations, after accusations were made that more than a million Uyghur Muslims have been imprisoned in political reeducation camps.
China flat out denies the mass incarceration of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs as testimonies trickle out
In an uneven battle, Uyghurs outside China are doing everything they can to make the world pay attention to Xinjiang.
Exporting persecution: Uyghur diaspora haunted by anxiety, guilt as family held in Chinese camps
Family members of the largely Muslim minority group are struggling as their relatives disappear, believed to be held in Chinese indoctrination camps
UN committee accuses China of turning Uyghur-dominated region into ‘no-rights zone’
Comments are among the most strongly worded condemnations to date by an international body of the situation in western region that neighbours Tibet
China’s hi-tech police state in Xinjiang a boon for security firms
China’s hi-tech police state in fractious Xinjiang a boon for security firms
Chinese firms cash in on Xinjiang's growing police state
China's construction of a vast, all-seeing police state in its fractious far west has triggered a government spending spree worth billions to firms providing a hi-tech network of cameras and "re-education centres". The surveillance machine in Xinjiang region has grown exponentially in recent years, used by the ruling Communist Party to guard against what it considers Islamic extremism and separatism in the region. Facial recognition, iris scanners, DNA collection and artificial intelligence are also being used by Xinjiang's government to ensure there are "no cracks, no blind spots, no gaps" for the region's more than 20 million residents to slip through.
China upset as Interpol removes wanted alert for exiled Uighur leader
China expressed dissatisfaction on Saturday at Interpol's decision to lift a wanted alert for an exile from its Uighur minority, a man China accuses of being a terrorist.
China Snares Innocent and Guilty Alike to Build World’s Biggest DNA Database
Police gather blood and saliva samples from many who aren’t criminals, including those who forget ID cards, write critically of the state or are just in the wrong place. The campaign is a central component of the state’s all-encompassing high-tech security apparatus.
Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State Overwhelms Daily Life
The government has turned the northwestern region into a laboratory for high-tech social controls. Citizens and visitors must run a daily gantlet of police checkpoints, surveillance cameras and machines scanning their ID cards, faces, eyeballs and sometimes entire bodies.
Why China Is Banning Islamic Veils
This week, regional authorities outlawed Islamic veils from all public spaces in the regional capital of China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The Urumqi ban, which went into effect on
