China s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

Chinas Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U. N. described as a massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy, while many Uighur children are taken to staterun orphanages where they re indoctrinated into Chinese customs. The Uighurs plight has largely been kept hidden from the world, thanks to Chinas aggressive attempts to suppress the story at all costs. VICE News Isobel Yeung posed as a tourist to gain unprecedented access to Chinas western Xinjiang region, which has been nearly unreachable by journalists. She and our crew experienced Chinas Orwellian surveillance and harassment firsthand during their time in Xinjiang, and captured chilling hiddencamera footage of eight Uighur men detained by police in the middle of the night. We spoke with members of the Uighur community about their experience in these camps, and about Chinas attempts to silence their history and lifes