Chinese civilians occupy Uighur homes

The World

One aspect of the Chinese government’s mass surveillance and detention of the country’s Muslim Uighur minority that you may not have heard? More than a million Chinese civilians have been sent to occupy the homes of Uighur families to report on and aid in their “re-education.” Host Marco Werman talks to University of Washington anthropology professor Darren Byler.

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