China's crackdown in Xinjiang might be more about impressing the Han than responding to a Uyghur threat.

More than a million Uyghurs are believed to be in Chinese “re-education centers.”

China is not only reviving Mao-era social controls, but augmenting them through cutting-edge technology.

Insights from Darren Byler.

Chinese authorities have put increasing pressure on ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang.

During his visit to China, Trump should demand the release of the Panchen Lama and Gulmira Imin.

Beijing has strong incentives to exert control in Xinjiang. The Uyghurs pay the price.

As Egypt cracks down on Uyghur students, Chinese Muslims in Cairo are torn between economic opportunity and their faith.

One member of the Uyghur diaspora explains why Uyghurs abroad raise their banners outside Chinese embassies.

Even while Beijing pursues economic openness in the province, it's turning Xinjiang into a security state.

A recent Islamic State video featuring Uyghurs threatening China shouldn't have come as a surprise.

20 years on, the Ghulja Incident has largely disappeared from public imagination.

The crackdown on rights defenders pales in comparisons to long term oppression of religious and ethnic minorities.

The news from Indonesia is the latest sign that Uyghur extremists may be moving abroad.

China continues to lump terrorist groups and peaceful activists together -- and to censor media coverage of both.

Xi Jinping's trip to the U.S. and address to the UN provide an opportunity to highlight abuses of Uyghur human rights.