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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.
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Torture is 'Widespread' in China, UN Investigator Says
A high-level United Nations investigator condemned the "widespread" use of torture in Chinese law enforcement and said Beijing must abolish labor camps before it can end such abuses, according to a summary of his findings.
Renewed Strike Hard Campaign Ordered in Xinjiang
A senior Chinese official is urging authorities in the largely Muslim Xinjiang to prepare for danger and renew their “strike hard” campaign against separatism, as the northwestern region marks 50 years under Chinese rule this week.
Sino-Pakistan Relations and Xinjiang's Uyghurs: Politics, Trade, and Islam along the Karakoram Highway
This essay analyzes how politics in Xinjiang and movement on the Karakoram Highway linking Xinjiang with Pakistan have affected the relationships among Beijing, Islamabad, the Uighurs, and the Pakistani traders operating there.
Demographics and Development in Xinjiang After 1949
This report discusses Xinjiang’s place in China’s geography and considers the roles development and demographic change play in the internal conflicts in the region since 1949.
Devastating Blows - Religious Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
This report details for the first time the complex architecture of law, regulation, and policy in Xinjiang that denies Uighurs religious freedom.
The Xinjiang Conflict: Uyghur Identity, Language Policy, and Political Discourse
This study explores Chinese language policy and language use in Inner Asia, as well as the relation of language policy to the politics of Uyghur identity. Language is central to ethnic identity, and official language policies are often overlooked as critical factors in conflict over ethnic nationalism. In Chinese Inner Asia, any solution to ethnic conflict will include real linguistic and cultural autonomy for major ethnic groups.