Because of the one-child policy, Chinese authorities have prescribed abortion, sterilization, and contraceptives such as intrauterine devices (IUDs). So it is natural to assume that the dramatic decline in births in Xinjiang reflects the impact of such measures. But the reasons are more complex and also socioeconomic, analyzes family planning expert and author Yi Fuxian of the University Wisconsin-Madison.
By Redaktion Table
The Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel account "I escaped a Chinese internment camp" tells the story of Zumrat Dawut, an Uyghur woman detained in Xinjiang. "Sometimes people have to see things to believe they're actually happening," Walter Hickey, a journalist involved in the project, tells China.Table.
By Fabian Peltsch
Consumers in the West largely agree that they reject products made under forced labor. Still, many have only an abstract idea of what forced labor looks like in practice. Companies, authorities, and banks in Xinjiang work together to pressure people and withhold salaries.
By Marcel Grzanna