Sean R. Roberts, Darren Byler, Ondřej Klimeš & Frank Jüris
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sees the issue of ethnic minorities as an existential threat to the integrity of the country.
- Why and how has the ethnic minority issue in Xinjiang been framed as fight against terrorism?
- How has the building of police state benefitted both the CCP and big tech companies operating in the region?
- How has the CCP been able to muffle the Muslim-majority countries about persecutions of Turkic speaking minorities in Xinjiang?
Speakers:
- Sean R. Roberts, Associate Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Director of International Development Studies at Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University (GWU). Dr Roberts is anthropologist with 30 years of experience of studying the Uyghur people.
- Darren Byler, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr Byler has provided expert testimony on Uyghur human rights issues before the Canadian House of Commons.
- Ondřej Klimeš, Researcher at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Dr Klimeš is expert in contemporary Xinjiang and China politics with focus on ethnic policy, ideology and propaganda.
The discussion was hosted and moderated by Frank Jüris, Research Fellow of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the ICDS.
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