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Regardless of the fact that the Uighur people have been facing growing persecution since 2016, the international press has started to deal with this information only recently. This can be explained by the impact of the resonance of social media, which pushed the international press to comment on persecutions happening in China. In fact, Uighurs have been persecuted by the Chinese state for decades and recently it has been revealed by the international press that they are subjected to “political and religious indoctrination, compulsory language education, and industrial training” in an effort to suppress the threat posed by the Uighur people because of their culture, their ethnicity and their religion. Thus, China is being criticized by 39 western countries for creating “camps” in the 21st century and locking up women and men under the pretext of fighting terrorism. In its turn, China claims that its aim is to reeducate Uighur people, through the Global War on Terror, i.e., “GWOT”, politics, by creating reeducation centers, which allegedly provide training and jobs for Uighurs. It is being said that a lot of countries, especially Muslim states, openly support China in their repression of Uighurs. 

Simultaneously, social media has played a major part in revealing China’s way of detaining Uighurs in camps and its way of violating human rights. Recently, it has had an important impact among people, especially on Instagram and Twitter, as users have started an Internet ‘war’ on several multinationals by boycotting them and shaming them through social media. In fact, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) over 80 major brands are involved in forced labour and some of them recently agreed to stop using Uighurs forced labour. For instance, companies such as Zara, a company specialized in fast fashion, have become one of the prominent targets. Even though Zara publicly denied allegations of forced labour, no conclusive evidence has been provided. 

This being said, under the pressure of increasingly critical consumers, some multinationals have been trying to save their image from the forced labour accusation by claiming that they do not support forced labour. Since 82 major multinationals are involved in the forced labour allegations, a lot of consumers are outraged that powerful brands resort to forced labour. Thus, users accuse them of profiting from forced labour and find it unacceptable that companies are unable to guarantee that their products are not a work of forced labour. In response, some multinationals have denied and even ignored these allegations, yet some others refuse to stop sourcing from their suppliers who use Uighurs for their work.

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Uyguristic --- Turkish --- literature --- folklore --- turcology --- language --- Uighur (Turkic people) --- Uighur diaspora --- Turks --- Research --- Uighur diaspora. --- Turkish people --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Diaspora, Uighur --- Human geography --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- uyguristic --- turkish

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China's mistreatment of its Uyghur minority has drawn international condemnation and sanctions. The repression gripping Xinjiang is also hugely costly to China in Renminbi, personnel, and stifled economic productivity. Despite this, the Chinese Communist Party persists in its policies. Why? Drawing on extensive original data, Potter and Wang demonstrate insecurities about the stability of the regime and its claim to legitimacy motivate Chinese policies. These perceived threats to core interests drive the ferocity of the official response to Uyghur nationalism. The result is harsh repression, sophisticated media control, and selective international military cooperation. China's growing economic and military power means that the country's policies in Xinjiang and Central Asia have global implications. Zero Tolerance sheds light on this problem, informing policymakers, scholars, and students about an emerging global hotspot destined to play a central role in international politics in years to come.

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Political violence --- Muslims --- Violence against --- Government policy --- Persecutions --- China --- Ethnic relations. --- Politics and government --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples

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This is a book length study of the Xinjiang Class. Based on a longitudinal field research between 2006 to 2017, a period in which Grose spoke with over sixty graduates of the boarding school programme, the book offers an assessment of the effectiveness of programme in meeting its political goals and a detailed picture of the dynamics of Uyghur identity. The experiences of Uyghur graduates of the Xinjiang Class reveal how young, educated Uyghurs strategically and selectively embrace elements of the corporate Chinese 'Zhonghua minzu' identity in order to stretch the boundaries of a collective Uyghur identity. This identity is expressed through renewed efforts to practice Islam, the insistence on speaking Uyghur, and the reluctance to befriend Han classmates.

S11/1220 --- S25/0655 --- S25/0810 --- China: Social sciences--Mohammedans (if treated as a special ethnic group) --- Xinjiang--Relations with China --- Xinjiang--Education --- Boarding schools --- Uighur (Turkic people) --- High schools --- Education, Secondary --- Ethnic identity. --- Children --- High school education --- High school students --- Secondary education --- Secondary schools --- Teenagers --- Education --- Schools --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Education (Secondary)

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For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr-the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet-have led an uneasy existence under Chinese rule. Today they call themselves Uyghurs, and they have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's official national narrative. Rian Thum argues that the roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage dominated understandings of the past. Beyond broadening our knowledge of tensions between the Uyghurs and the Chinese government, this meditation on the very concept of history probes the limits of human interaction with the past. Uyghur historical practice emerged from the circulation of books and people during the Qing Dynasty, when crowds of pilgrims listened to history readings at the tombs of Islamic saints. Over time, amid long journeys and moving rituals, at oasis markets and desert shrines, ordinary readers adapted community-authored manuscripts to their own needs. In the process they created a window into a forgotten Islam, shaped by the veneration of local saints. Partly insulated from the rest of the Islamic world, the Uyghurs constructed a local history that is at once unique and assimilates elements of Semitic, Iranic, Turkic, and Indic traditions-the cultural imports of Silk Road travelers. Through both ethnographic and historical analysis, The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History offers a new understanding of Uyghur historical practices, detailing the remarkable means by which this people reckons with its past and confronts its nationalist aspirations in the present day.

Uighur (Turkic people) --- Manuscripts, Uighur --- Islam --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Sacred space --- Nationalism --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Pilgrimages and pilgrims --- Processions, Religious --- Travelers --- Voyages and travels --- Shrines --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims --- Uighur manuscripts --- Taranchi (Turkic people) --- Uighurs --- Uigur (Turkic people) --- Uigurs --- Uyghur (Turkic people) --- Uyghurs --- Uygur (Turkic people) --- Weiwu'er (Turkic people) --- Ethnology --- Turkic peoples --- Historiography. --- Travel. --- Intellectual life. --- Religion. --- History. --- Manuscripts --- Takla Makan Desert Region (China) --- History, Local. --- Spiritual tourism