Under house arrest, Serikzhan Bilash says authorities made him sign blank documents.

With the arrest of Serikzhan Bilash, a movement that gave the world a view into the Xinjiang crisis has an uncertain future.

Kazakhs remain the most accessible window into the crisis in Xinjiang, but how long will that window remain open?

In Bishkek, Kyrgyz demonstrated against China’s mass detainment of Muslims, but other grievances are shaping protests too.

Efforts in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to garner attention on the Xinjiang camps have grown, but still to little effect.

Is the Trump administration kicking off a protracted era of U.S.-China confrontation?

China’s fight against Uyghur intellectuals in the name of 'two-facedness.'

The decision highlights Kazakhstan's continued navigation of sensitivities with China.

Ethnic Kazakhs have opened the window for the world to hear what's happening in Xinjiang, but Kazakhstan remains quiet.

Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese national, was released on a suspended sentence and will not be deported to China.

China's solar industry has made great strides, but national priorities continue to be undermined by local realities.

Astana can't afford to push Beijing too hard, even on behalf of its own citizens detained in Xinjiang re-education camps.

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

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

Is China's tone on Pakistan starting to change?

China's 'new frontier' is home to the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group.