All Reading
This section contains a curated list of useful articles, investigations, books and other reading materials. The list is updated on a weekly basis and suggestions for additions are welcome.
Starting Points:
How Will Tokyo’s Solar Panel Mandate Handle Allegations of Forced Labor in China?
Tokyo’s metropolitan government is requiring new construction to use solar panels, but the industry’s reliance on parts from Xinjiang poses a thorny moral dilemma.
Uyghurs Stand With Ukrainians
Uyghurs stand with Ukrainians against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on their precious land. We stand with Ukrainians because Uyghurs cherish freedom and understand what it takes to protect it. Uyghurs stand with Ukrainians because our authoritarian oppressor, Xi Jinping, is a key enabler in the tragedy unfolding in eastern Europe. All of us who have our liberty must do better in ending the nightmares of people under assault, wherever they are.
Voices From China: What the CCP Doesn’t Want You to Hear
By jailing citizens for their speech, Beijing keeps both other Chinese and the world in the dark about the many differing opinions and perspectives within Chinese society.
In 2022, The World Must Hold China to Account for Genocide
A focus on imposing consequences on those responsible is key to dismantling the apparatus of genocide. The accountability of Chinese officials responsible for a 21st century genocide is critical for the future of the Uyghur people.
Meet the New Uyghurs
China’s propaganda narrative centers on the personal transformations of Uyghurs, removing the cultural and ethnic markers Beijing finds distasteful.
Beijing 2022 Olympics: Stop the ‘Genocide Games’
With just over a year to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics, the clock is ticking for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure it does not repeat the same mistake it made in 2008 by effectively endorsing China’s failure to improve human rights.
China Doubles Down on Xinjiang Policy Amid Reports of Cultural Erasure
International opprobrium has so far failed to shake Beijing from its stance that a crackdown in Xinjiang serves the country’s stability.
Confessions of a Xinjiang Camp Teacher
Qelbinur Sedik reveals the horrors she witnessed in the camps, where she was forced to teach Mandarin in 2017.
China’s Wild West: A Cautionary Tale of Ethnic Conflict and Development
While the international media has extensively analyzed the demonstrations and street clashes in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt over the last several weeks, what is happening in China’s Xinjiang may be no less significant to future geopolitics.