What does China want to achieve by ‘modifying’ Islam?
The Chinese government’s plan to make Islam compatible with Chinese culture and society has attracted
William Yang
China defends Xinjiang camps as it takes reporters on tour
Officials allow media access to ‘re-education’ camps where Uighur minority is detained Islamic studies students
China shows off Xinjiang ‘vocational education training centres’ despite global concern
WATCH: China allows foreign reporters into an “education camp” in Xinjiang under state supervision, revealing
China has launched a massive campaign of cultural extermination against the Uighurs
Rushan Abbas of Herndon, Va., holds a photo of her sister, Gulshan Abbas, who is
Kanji: The Uighurs remain forgotten in debates over human rights in China
In detaining Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor as alleged threats to “national security” in
Xinjiang: Beijing’s chilling attempt to erase and replace Uyghur identity
‘Social harmony’ has been prized by Chinese leaders for millennia. To achieve that vision, they’ve experimented with reengineering people’s behaviors and beliefs – often forcefully.
A gem of Uighur literature: Alat Asem’s ‘Confessions of a Jade Lord’
In 2013, Uighur novelist Alat Asem published ‘Confessions of a Jade Lord,’ earning the Jun Ma Literature Prize, and a translation into English in 2018. As vice-chair of the Xinjiang Writers Association, Asem, who was born in Xinjiang in 1958, has an ear for preservation in the midst of cultural endangerment