South China Morning Post
04 April 2021
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- China Says Tough Measures in Xinjiang Are to Beat Terrorism – Why Isn’t the West Convinced?
China Says Tough Measures in Xinjiang Are to Beat Terrorism – Why Isn’t the West Convinced?
Since 2016, China has escalated its security measures in Xinjiang, including the extensive use of internment facilities, strict surveillance and intense political indoctrination. These measures are believed to be a response by Beijing to terrorist attacks and ethnic clashes between 2009 and 2015, according to Raffaello Pantucci, a specialist on global terrorism with the RSIS in Singapore. “Violence became more frequent, and while it started in Nanjiang [in southern Xinjiang], you noticed how over time it spread across the region,” said Pantucci.
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