another major leak exposes workings of Xinjiang detentions
| The documents, which include internal speeches by President Xi Jinping and directives on surveillance, reveal how the demands of top officials led to the creation of the camps in Xinjiang where inmates sometimes undergo years of indoctrination and interrogation. |
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| The papers were brought to light by a member of the Chinese political establishment who requested anonymity and expressed hope that their disclosure would prevent party leaders, including Mr. Xi, from escaping culpability for the mass detentions. |
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Takeaways: The Communist Party boss in Xinjiang played a major role in expanding the internment camps rapidly and purged officials who resisted the campaign. Here are the main insights from the files. You can read the article in Chinese.
China on Xinjiang revelations: Responding to The Times’s report on leaked government documents detailing the creation of Muslim internment camps, Beijing said the article smeared the country’s fight against extremism, but it did not dispute the authenticity of the documents.
