The Xinjiang Data Project

Explainers

'Cultivating friendly forces' report

The Chinese Communist Party’s influence operations in the Xinjiang Diaspora

'The architecture of repression' report

Unpacking Xinjiang's governance

‘Family de-planning’ report

The coercive campaign to drive down indigenous birth-rates in Xinjiang

Disinformation on Xinjiang

The CCP, fringe media and US social media platforms play a role in shaping the Chinese government's global narrative on Xinjiang.

Xinjiang Data Project first quarterly update - December 2020

How Uyghur cultural practices are being politicized and co-opted in Xinjiang

This article examines the inscription of meshrep (mäshräp), an important Uyghur cultural practice, on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage and its subsequent co-optation by the Chinese government to ‘counter-extremism’ and promote national integration.

Sterilizations and Mandatory Birth Control in Xinjiang

Evidence of the CCP’s campaign to suppress Uyghur birthrates in Xinjiang

How companies profit from forced labour in Xinjiang

'They told her that if she didn’t sign, she would be sent back to the camp.'

Cultural erasure

Tracing the destruction of Uyghur and Islamic spaces in Xinjiang

How mass surveillance works in Xinjiang

Reverse engineering the police mass surveillance app

Genomic surveillance

Inside China’s DNA dragnet

Exploring Xinjiang's detention system

The world's most comprehensive database: 380+ facilities

Transforming Uyghur domestic space

China’s "Three News" housing campaign in Xinjiang

The leaked documents

The New York Times, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

'Uyghurs for sale' report

‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang.