We have previously written about the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in the context of the Chinese government’s systematic persecution of this primarily Muslim ethnic minority living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region (XUAR) region in northwestern China, including its misappropriation of Uyghur cultural heritage. As part of the U.S. effort to combat these […]
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Stamping Out Uyghur Culture: The Winter Olympics Shine a Light on Misappropriation of Traditions
The Winter Olympics underway in Beijing are fraught with controversy. Both the United States and the United Kingdom imposed a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics to protest China’s grave human rights violations. Athletes are up in arms over the requirement that they download a state-owned digital surveillance app. Amidst the many voices of protest against […]
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