PULITZER CENTER - June 7, 2016
China has two major Muslim
minorities: the Hui, who speak Mandarin and live across China, and the
Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language and are concentrated in Xinjiang,
Western China. In Xinjiang, many Uighurs resent the Han migration,
cultural assimilation and economic change that state-driven development
has brought. Security crackdown and repression of speech, religion and
assembly have exacerbated ethnic tensions, even as China accuses Uighurs
of Islamic extremism and terrorist activity. Both state and civilian
violence are escalating as China’s attempts to “control Islam” worsen
Uighurs’ sense of marginalization.
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