Why Xi Jinping’s Belt & Road rhetoric of inclusion rings hollow among the Muslim Uygurs of Xinjiang
While such rhetoric may boost China’s diplomatic position, it may ring hollow in its own Eurasian frontiers, such as Xinjiang.
In this article for the South China Morning Post, Michael Clarke says the creation of a veritable police state in Xinjiang, along with curbs on religious freedoms, is fuelling alienation and even radicalisation among Uygurs, amid concern over whether greater trans-Eurasian connectivity will help to channel jihadist tendencies.
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Why Xi Jinping’s Belt & Road rhetoric of inclusion rings hollow among the Muslim Uygurs of Xinjiang
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