The Xinjiang Data Project

The Xinjiang Data Project

The Xinjiang Data Project brings together rigorous, empirical research on the human rights situation for Uyghurs and other non-Han nationalities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China. It focuses on a core set of topics including mass internment camps, surveillance and emerging technologies, forced labour and supply chains, the ‘re-education’ campaign, deliberate cultural destruction and other human rights issues.

Drawing on open source data including satellite imagery, Chinese government documents, official statistics and a range of authoritative reports and academic studies, the Xinjiang Data Project documents the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing program of human rights abuses and tech-enhanced authoritarianism in Xinjiang, and explores its global implications.

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'Cultivating friendly forces' report
The Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in the Xinjiang Diaspora

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Research ReportCultivating friendly forces: The Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in the Xinjiang Diasporaby Lin Li and James Leibold
Jul 6, 2022
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ASPI ReportDocumenting Xinjiang’s detention systemby Nathan Ruser
Sep 24, 2020
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