China’s Xinjiang Work in Turkey
Ondřej, Klimeš, “China’s Xinjiang work in Turkey,” Sinopsis, 8 November, 2019. Summary Klimeš focuses on the Uighur diaspora in Turkey and how the Chinese state’s reach extends well beyond its border in the effort to control Xinjiang. Abstract “The mass incarceration, political reeducation, and intensified repression of Uyghurs and other minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur […]
Living in a Ghost World
Darren Byler, “Living in a Ghost World,” New Internationalist 522, December 2019: 26–30. Summary Darren Byler describes the open-air surveillance, internment camps, and population control in Xinjiang. Abstract Since 2016, at least a million people have been sent to re-education camps as part of the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghur people. […] in March 2014, […]
Fieldwork Under Surveillance: Rethinking Relations of Trust, Vulnerability, and State Power
Caitlin M. Ryan and Sarah Tynen, “Fieldwork Under Surveillance: Rethinking Relations of Trust, Vulnerability, and State Power,” Geographical Review, 13 November 2019: 38–51 Summary Tynen and Ryan’s article is centered around the difficulty and the practical reality of conducting fieldwork in contexts of state violence, surveillance, and/or outright hostility. Abstract Encounters with the surveillance state […]
State Territorialization Through Shequ Community Centres: Bureaucratic Confusion in Xinjiang, China
Sarah Tynen, “State Territorialization Through Shequ Community Centres: Bureaucratic Confusion in Xinjiang, China,“ Territory, Politics, Governance, Volume 8, Issue 1, 30 July 2019: 7–22. Summary Tynen writes about how Shequs (community centers) in Xinjiang exist simultaneously as a location that provides basic services while being the locus of surveillance and control. Abstract This article provides […]
Advancing “Ethnic Unity” and “De-Extremization”: Ideational Governance in Xinjiang Under “New Circumstances” (2012–2017)
Ondřej Klimeš, Advancing “Ethnic Unity” and “De-Extremization”: Ideational Governance in Xinjiang Under “New Circumstances” (2012–2017),” Journal of Chinese Political Science 23, 1 February 2018: 413–436. Summary Klimeš focuses on the paradigm shift happening under the Xi Jinping era in China’s approach towards Xinjiang. Abstract The central role of ideology has been one of the key […]
Securitizing Xinjiang: Police Recruitment, Informal Policing and Ethnic Minority Co-Optation
Adrian Zenz and James Leibold, “Securitizing Xinjiang: Police Recruitment, Informal Policing and Ethnic Minority Co-Optation,” The China Quarterly 242, June 2020: 324–348 Summary This article investigates the securitization of Xinjiang through an analysis of official police recruitment documents. The authors also discuss that the increased recruitments include high-paying policing positions without any education requirements, which […]
Dispossession and Displacement of Migrant Workers: The Impact of State Terror and Economic Development on Uyghurs in Urban Xinjiang
Sarah Tynen, “Dispossession and Displacement of Migrant Workers: The Impact of State Terror and Economic Development on Uyghurs in Urban Xinjiang,” Central Asian Survey, 2 April 2020 Summary Tynen discusses the manner in which Uyghurs have been displaced in Xinjiang, and its function with regards to state control in the region. Abstract The media often […]
“Wash Brains, Cleanse Hearts”: Evidence from Chinese Government Documents about the Nature and Extent of Xinjiang’s Extrajudicial Internment Campaign
Adrian Zenz, “‘Wash Brains, Cleanse Hearts:’ Evidence from Chinese Government Documents About the Nature and Extent of Xinjiang’s Extrajudicial Internment Campaign,” Journal of Political Risk 7, Issue 11, November 2019. Summary Zenz investigates the numerous public communication campaigns that the Chinese government has initiated to soften the nature of the internment camps. Abstract “Drawing on […]
New Evidence for China’s Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang
Adrian Zenz, “New Evidence for China’s Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang,” China Brief 18, Issue 10, 15 May 2018. Summary This is a condensed version of Zenz’s article, “Thoroughly Reforming Them Towards a Healthy Heart Attitude’: China’s Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang” Abstract “Since spring 2017, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China has witnessed […]
Old ‘Counter-Revolution’, New ‘Terrorism’: Historicizing the Framing of Violence in Xinjiang by the Chinese State
Pablo A. Rodriguez-Merino, “Old ‘Counter-Revolution’, New ‘Terrorism’: Historicizing the Framing of Violence in Xinjiang by the Chinese State,” Central Asian Survey 38, Issue 1, 20 July 2018: 27–45. Summary Rodriguez-Merino argues how the idea of terrorism has been framed differently over the years by the CCP. Abstract China has declared a war on terrorism in […]