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The age of state surveillance
Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin discuss their new book on technological surveillance, from China’s state systems that track Uyghurs in Xinjiang, to the lack of Chinese public awareness on privacy issues, and much more.
September 15, 2022 Source: The China Project
‘The Backstreets’ by Perhat Tursun: A Xinjiang novel before its time
“The Backstreets” is a masterful work of stream-of-consciousness fiction that has recently become available outside China, the first Uyghur-language novel to be translated into English.
September 15, 2022 Source: The China Project
The UN says China ‘may be committing crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang
More than three months after her fact-finding visit to China, the outgoing head of the United Nations main human rights organization released her report on human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. The document does not make Beijing look good.
September 1, 2022 Source: The China Project
China is very active in Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal — Q&A with Niva Yau
Niva Yau is a Hong Kong–born scholar who lives in Kyrgyzstan, from where she observes China’s relationships with its western neighbors. She told me all about Beijing’s business in Kabul a year after America pulled out of Afghanistan.
August 12, 2022 Source: The China Project
What does the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps do, aside from forced labor?
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) stands accused of widespread human rights abuses in Xinjiang, but its operations are fundamental to Beijing’s economic plans for the region.
August 8, 2022 Source: The China Project
Beijing seeks to block the UN rights report on Xinjiang
Beijing is trying to stop the publication of a United Nations report on Xinjiang that is expected to be critical of China’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities.
July 20, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Monday, July 18, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
July 18, 2022 Source: The China Project
Xi went to Xinjiang — Editor’s Note for Friday, July 15, 2022
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
July 15, 2022 Source: The China Project
July 5, 2009: The riots that changed everything in Xinjiang
In Urumqi on July 5, 2009, a Uyghur protest against racism and mistreatment turned into a riot, resulting in crowds attacking Han Chinese. The state’s response — which is still ongoing — was not proportionate.
July 6, 2022 Source: The China Project
LGBTQ Uyghurs live trapped between layers of trauma
“I like living at home with my parents. To take care of them in their old age would be a great honor, and I could live out my days alone, working in my hometown until my death. If I could choose, that’s the destiny I would pick.”
June 22, 2022 Source: The China Project
Between Islamophobia and homophobia: Life as an LGBTQ Uyghur in China
Queer Uyghurs are caught between visibility and invisibility, censorship and self-censorship, being “out” and hiding in the closet. It is not safe for them to share their stories. But when they do, they tell of the human desire to belong and to love.
June 9, 2022 Source: The China Project
Are Uyghurs different from Ukrainians? — Q&A with Rayhan Asat
Rayhan Asat and her brother worked for better Uyghur-Han relations in China. Then he was forcibly disappeared. So Rayhan was outraged by the recent visit of the UN’s human rights chief to Xinjiang that became a photo op for Beijing. She also had some pointed criticism for The China Project.
June 6, 2022 Source: The China Project
International pressure builds over Xinjiang after UN visit
Dissatisfied with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s recent visit to China, some Western countries have called for the International Labor Organization to carry out a mission to investigate Xinjiang.
June 2, 2022 Source: The China Project
An anonymous letter from a Uyghur in China
A citizen in eastern China describes how Uyghur “mouths have been sealed” over the past five years.
June 1, 2022 Source: The China Project
Uyghur voices in Istanbul
A Uyghur couple turns to music — inspired by the songs and poems of their culture — in response to the crisis in their homeland.
May 27, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
May 24, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Monday, May 23, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
May 23, 2022 Source: The China Project
China ratifies two international treaties on forced labor
The two conventions were passed by Beijing on April 20, in a move apparently intended to ease tensions over forced labor accusations in Xinjiang.
April 20, 2022 Source: The China Project
In Xinjiang, a new normal under a new chief — and also more of the same
Ma Xingrui, the new party secretary of Xinjiang, is tasked with repairing the damage left by his predecessor, Chen Quanguo, who initiated the largest internment of a religious minority since World War II. But he will also need to execute Beijing’s new policy of thwarting what it calls the “two plots.”
March 2, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Thursday, February 10, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Evergande’s CEO, and more.
February 10, 2022 Source: The China Project