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China Uyghur policy

May 13, 2021
Drop in Xinjiang Birthrate Largest in Recent History: Report
By Dake Kang
Experts note that the tightening birth control measures must be understood in the broader context of fear that's pervasive among Xinjiang's minorities.

April 08, 2021
China’s Hard and Soft Lines on Xinjiang
By Eleanor Albert
Beijing's softer messaging efforts on Xinjiang collide with its harsher tactics at home and abroad.

March 22, 2021
Australian Parliamentary Debate Condemns China over Uyghur Abuses
By Philip Citowicki
The motion can be interpreted as a parliamentary release valve for the growing pressure around matters of human rights in China.

February 23, 2021
How Will China Avoid Consequences for Its Uyghur Policy?
By Bonnie Girard
The international toll is growing. But the domestic consequences are what Beijing should truly fear.

February 11, 2021
Small Protests Persist Outside Chinese Consulate in Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
In Almaty, Kazakhstan's former capital and largest city, a group of mostly old women have continued to protest Chinese policies in Xinjiang.

December 17, 2020
IOC Accused of Ignoring Human Rights for 2022 Beijing Games
By Associated Press
A minority rights coalition says the Olympic body has "turned a blind eye" to large-scale human rights abuses.

November 20, 2020
How China Uses the People’s Armed Police as Agents of Diplomacy
By Bonnie Girard
An instrument of domestic repression now doubles as a diplomatic tool.

October 02, 2020
China Doubles Down on Xinjiang Policy Amid Reports of Cultural Erasure
By Eleanor Albert
International opprobrium has so far failed to deter Beijing from its repressive policies in Xinjiang.

September 01, 2020
Sean R. Roberts on China’s War on the Uyghurs
By Catherine Putz
The Chinese Communist Party is “essentially waging a war against a portion of its own population (the Uyghur people), not as an ‘enemy,’ but as a ‘threat’ to society at large.”

August 26, 2020
Was Your Face Mask Made Using Forced Labor in China?
By Nury Turkel and James W. Carr
The American people have a right to rest assured that they are not unknowingly buying products that fund forced labor.

August 21, 2020
China Buys Turkey’s Silence on Uyghur Oppression
By Aykan Erdemir and Philip Kowalski
Turkey has joined the list of majority Muslim countries that have opted for silence in dealing with the one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time.

June 30, 2020
China Forces Birth Control on Uyghurs to Suppress Population
By Associated Press
Even while China loosens restrictions on family size elsewhere, rates of forced birth control and sterilization are growing in Xinjiang.