“The Chinese Communist Party...is using all elements of state power to carry out activities that are a direct threat to our national security and sovereignty," CSIS told Global News.
China is following a strict zero-covid policy. It is the world's last program of its sort, due in part to the country's poor vaccination coverage and an effort to safeguard the elders.
According to the European Interest report, Uyghur Muslim families are the target of a brutal program that isolates children from their mothers and sends them to state institutions, or to live with Chinese families.
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the Chinese Govt to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations against Muslims in Xinjiang.
The occasional incidents of violence at the facility in Zhengzhou's central business district show a buildup of tension since the shutdown began in October. Many of the 200,000-strong employees at "iPhone City" have been compelled to live in seclusion, surviving on meager food and scrounging for medication.
Uyghur Human Rights Project published a report on the measures taken by the Chinese government to promote intermarriage between Uyghur Muslims and Han Chinese ethnic groups