
China’s Uyghur Repression
In the name of combating Islamic extremism, the Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a massive campaign of harassment and detention of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.
David Brophy is a senior lecturer in modern Chinese history at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier.
In the name of combating Islamic extremism, the Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a massive campaign of harassment and detention of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.