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6 Cultural genocide, 2017–2020

Abstract

Chapter 6 explains how the events of 2013–2016 laid the foundations for a campaign of cultural genocide that began in earnest from 2017. The chapter subsequently analyzes the brutality and invasiveness of this campaign itself, which is ongoing, is systematic, brutal, and ultimately aimed at eliminating Uyghur identity as we know it. In particular, the chapter focuses on a complex of policies that have driven this campaign, including the mass internment system, the pervasive surveillance network, and attempts to transform both the landscape of the Uyghur homeland and the lives and culture of Uyghur people. While the chapter highlights the state’s justification for these measures as a counterterrorism effort, it locates the true motivations for them in the state’s increasing settler colonization of the Uyghur homeland.

Abstract

Chapter 6 explains how the events of 2013–2016 laid the foundations for a campaign of cultural genocide that began in earnest from 2017. The chapter subsequently analyzes the brutality and invasiveness of this campaign itself, which is ongoing, is systematic, brutal, and ultimately aimed at eliminating Uyghur identity as we know it. In particular, the chapter focuses on a complex of policies that have driven this campaign, including the mass internment system, the pervasive surveillance network, and attempts to transform both the landscape of the Uyghur homeland and the lives and culture of Uyghur people. While the chapter highlights the state’s justification for these measures as a counterterrorism effort, it locates the true motivations for them in the state’s increasing settler colonization of the Uyghur homeland.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Map viii
  5. Foreword ix
  6. Preface xii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Colonialism, 1759–2001 21
  9. 2 How the Uyghurs became a ‘terrorist threat’ 62
  10. 3 Myths and realities of the alleged ‘terrorist threat’associated with Uyghurs 96
  11. 4 Colonialism meets counterterrorism, 2002–2012 140
  12. 5 The self-fulfilling prophecy and the ‘People’s War on Terror,’ 2013–2016 160
  13. 6 Cultural genocide, 2017–2020 198
  14. Conclusion 236
  15. A note on methodology 252
  16. Transliteration and place names 257
  17. List of figures 259
  18. List of abbreviations 260
  19. Acknowledgments 262
  20. Notes 266
  21. Index 301
The War on the Uyghurs
This chapter is in the book The War on the Uyghurs
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526166258.00013

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Map viii
  5. Foreword ix
  6. Preface xii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Colonialism, 1759–2001 21
  9. 2 How the Uyghurs became a ‘terrorist threat’ 62
  10. 3 Myths and realities of the alleged ‘terrorist threat’associated with Uyghurs 96
  11. 4 Colonialism meets counterterrorism, 2002–2012 140
  12. 5 The self-fulfilling prophecy and the ‘People’s War on Terror,’ 2013–2016 160
  13. 6 Cultural genocide, 2017–2020 198
  14. Conclusion 236
  15. A note on methodology 252
  16. Transliteration and place names 257
  17. List of figures 259
  18. List of abbreviations 260
  19. Acknowledgments 262
  20. Notes 266
  21. Index 301
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