{"id":88129,"date":"2019-11-20T16:19:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11742"},"modified":"2019-11-20T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:49:31","slug":"explained-what-leaked-documents-say-about-chinas-uighur-detention-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-leaked-documents-say-about-chinas-uighur-detention-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What \u2018leaked\u2019 documents say about China\u2019s Uighur detention camps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>According to leaked Chinese government documents,there was a clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country\u2019s western Xinjiang region.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who are the Uighurs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Uighurs are mostly Muslims and number about 11 million in western China&#8217;s Xinjiang region.<\/li><li>They see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their language is similar to Turkish.<\/li><li>But in recent decades,there has been a mass migration of Han Chinese (China&#8217;s ethnic majority) to Xinjiang and the Uighurs feel their culture and livelihoods are under threat.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where is Xinjiang?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Xinjiang is located in the far west of China and is the country&#8217;s biggest region.It is bordered by several countries including India, Afghanistan and Mongolia.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Like Tibet, it&#8217;s an autonomous region, meaning it has a degree of self-governance away from Beijing.But in practice,both face major restrictions by the Central government.<\/li><li>Xinjiang has long had a rebellious and autonomous streak with the indigenous ethnic Uighurs clashing with the authorities.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s happening to people in Xinjiang?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to the United Nations experts and activists,at least 1 million Uighurs and members of other largely Muslim minority groups have been detained in camps in Xinjiang in a crackdown.<\/li><li>However,the China denies the allegations that there are internment camps.It says people in Xinjiang are receiving vocational training.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/To2FG7aFO_93R7wPJSpWRhZMihp7_Kd7dzyyVBFCKrU9oMa48E9j3UNYkdgQkOlCno2VLKe0yZc0mI8FPynMvMcn4yOtTkLjVlpcTmcvs0qMuFkQaYeZtcdJSI5WcQxesSbp7YbL\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:According to leaked Chinese government documents,there was a clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country\u2019s western Xinjiang region. Facts: Who are the Uighurs? The Uighurs are mostly Muslims and number about 11 million in western China&#8217;s Xinjiang region. They see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and their language&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-leaked-documents-say-about-chinas-uighur-detention-camps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What \u2018leaked\u2019 documents say about China\u2019s Uighur detention camps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[2353,5210],"class_list":["post-88129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","tag-china","tag-uighur-muslims","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704416135},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}