Why does China have Uighur ‘re-education camps’? And are they really shutting down?
The economic role Xinjiang plays in helping China dominate global trade has led the country to exert control over its Turkic-speaking Muslim population, says Philip Thai, an associate professor at Northeastern who studies modern Chinese history. Chinese officials recently announced that most of the people in the camps have been released, but there’s reason to question that, Thai says.
