Leaked data on Uyghur and other Muslims held in detention camps showed that "of 484 camp detainees listed in Karakax county in Xinjiang, 149 were there for having too many children - the most common reason for holding them." washingtonpost.com/health/china-f…
"While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control [among Uyghur and other Muslims in Xinjiang], the practice is far more widespread and systematic than previously known, according to an AP investigation" washingtonpost.com/health/china-f…
"The state regularly subjects minority women to pregnancy checks, and forces intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands...while the use of IUDs and sterilization has fallen nationwide, it is rising sharply in Xinjiang." washingtonpost.com/health/china-f…
"The campaign over the past four years in the far west region of Xinjiang is leading to what some experts are calling a form of 'demographic genocide.' " washingtonpost.com/health/china-f…
In my book #BetrayingBigBrother, I write about why China is trying to curb reproduction among Uyghur, Kazakh and other Muslim women in Xinjiang. Re-upping this thread:
Contrast the demographic genocide in Xinjiang with the eugenics-minded Chinese government’s effort to boost birth rates among Han Chinese women, who are seen as “high quality” 高素质. From my book #BetrayingBigBrother (p. 174): 
Also see this powerful piece by @RushanAbbas: 'There is no other way to view this other than as government-sponsored mass rape of an entire race of women with the express purpose of “breeding” the Uyghurs bloodline away.' bitterwinter.org/uyghur-women-p…
In #BetrayingBigBrother, I write about why we need to treat women’s rights as an international security issue. China’s ultimate strongman, Xi Jinping, like other autocrats around the world, views patriarchal authoritarianism as critical for the survival of the Communist Party.
China’s male rulers see gendered oppression as crucial for the future of their dictatorship, but feminism - which demands that women control their own bodies and reproduction - is in direct conflict with the eugenic goals of the Chinese state. #BetrayingBigBrother (p. 202)
As China’s demographic challenges become more acute, the crackdown on feminism intensifies. The US has ceded its global leadership role to a rising China, while misogynistic autocrats bent on rolling back women’s rights are emboldened from Russia to Hungary...#BetrayingBigBrother
Reminder that Trump told China’s Xi that building detention camps for Uyghur Muslims was “exactly the right thing to do” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
How should we respond to rising authoritarianism in China, the US and around the world? By fighting the patriarchy. From my book #BetrayingBigBrother:
