1. Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China’s Changing Strategy in Xinjiang
- Author:
- Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, and Emir Yazici
- Publication Date:
- 02-2020
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- International Security
- Institution:
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
- Abstract:
- In early 2017, the Chinese Communist Party changed its internal security strategy in Xinjiang, escalating collective detention, ideological re-education, and pressure on Uyghur diaspora networks. This strategy shift was likely catalyzed by changing perceptions of Uyghur involvement in transnational Islamic militancy in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, heightening perceived domestic vulnerability to terrorism.
- Topic:
- Security, Human Rights, Minorities, Counter-terrorism, and Repression
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, and Xinjiang