New Evidence for China’s Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang

The existence of "re-education camps" is denied by the Chinese government. In February 2018, Zhang Wei, China’s Consul General in Kazakhstan, issued what is to date the only statement by a Chinese public official on the reputed camp network. In reference to a CNN report on the camps, Zhang argued that “we do not have such an idea in China”. This article demonstrates that there is, in fact, a substantial body of PRC governmental sources that prove the existence of the camps.