‘Absolutely no mercy’: Leaked files show China’s mass detentions in officials’ own words
Austin Ramzy and Chris Buckley, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 21 07:40 AM
Beijing has sought for decades to suppress Uighur resistance to Chinese rule in Xinjiang. The current crackdown began after a surge of anti-government and anti-Chinese violence, including ethnic riots in 2009 in Urumqi, the regional capital, and a May 2014 attack on an outdoor market that killed 39 people just days before Xi convened a leadership conference in Beijing to set a new policy course for Xinjiang.
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