Azerbaijan, located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia, has growing trade and political ties to China but the Transcaucasian nation isn’t going all-in on the Belt and Road.
Last month, police in Xinjiang took away Rahile Jalalidin after she protested the 15-year prison sentence given to her son, Zulyar, on a charge of "separatism." Zulyar's acquaintances, speaking to The China Project, say the charge seems implausible.
Is an Istanbul bookstore guilty of copyright infringement or cultural preservation?
Addiction, homelessness, and low self-esteem plague Turkic Muslim youth cast adrift, far from the financial and emotional support of families locked down in China since 2016. The China Project spoke to older Uyghur exiles dedicated to making positive change.
Turkey is home to the largest community of Uyghurs outside of Xinjiang, and the government's support of this diaspora has resulted in harsh words between Ankara and Beijing. Still, both sides see more to gain than lose in maintaining a vibrant economic relationship.
As Turkey heads into an election season, officials are promising that the country will not extradite Uyghurs to China. Can they be trusted?
A Uyghur couple turns to music — inspired by the songs and poems of their culture — in response to the crisis in their homeland.
Beijing wants to play a bigger role in the Middle East and the region’s complicated geopolitics. It’s not just about oil: Saudi Arabia, for example, is supplying China with not just energy security, but also political cover for its policies in Xinjiang.
CoronaVac, a vaccine by Sinovac Biotech, may only be a little more than 50% effective in preventing COVID-19, according to clinical trial results in Brazil. While this clears the threshold for regulatory approval, it is a disappointing result for countries that already bought tens of millions of doses of the product.
For the family of sisters Nursiman and Nur’iman, a local work brigade placed a small red plaque with five stars on it to the front gate of their house. The stars stood for “patriotism, honesty, education, hygiene, and harmony.” But in the end, that didn't stop the sisters' parents and brother from being sent to jail for reasons that remain murky to this day.