Chinas War on Terrorism and the Xinjiang Emergency

For the last sixteen years, the Chinese Communist Party has been telling the Chinese people and the world atlarge that it is waging its own war on terrorism in the Uyghur homeland of Xinjiang, known to Uyghurs as East Turkestan. Xinjiang has since become the most heavily garrisoned and surveilled part of the Peoples Republic of China. As many as one million Uyghurs are now detained in Communist Party political reeducation camps, where they have been subject to torture, medical maltreatment, and other abuses. Meanwhile, the stability of the region has become essential for PRCs strategic One Belt, One Road initiative, and the Communist Party has used its influence around the world to stifle criticism of the human rights emergency in Xinjiang that it has created. What is at stake for the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang How has the PRCs conduct and repression in Xinjiang affected its foreign relations, including with Pakistan, the countries of Central Asia, and the Middle Eas