Thread by @adrianzenz

Apologies @MaureenAHuebel for the delay.

I have published a detailed anthropological study on Tibetans: brill.com/view/title/245…

My work on Xinjiang focuses on Chinese government documents & state media reports, drawing on existing testimony. See list: victimsofcommunism.org/leader/adrian-…

https://twitter.com/MaureenAHuebel/status/1371063372809003016

Some excerpts of that book and other publications are found here: ciu.academia.edu/AdrianZenz

My work should be read alongside those with extensive field experience in Xinjiang. Essential readings are @j_smithfinley edited volume, all contributions: tandfonline.com/toc/ccas20/38/1, @robertsreport War on Terror, @JimMillward's latest Eurasian Crossroads, ...

...@meclarke114's Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in China, and work by @dtbyler anthropology.washington.edu/people/darren-… who has a monthly column at SupChina and blog at livingotherwise.com/author/lutbull…, and work of @GroseTimothy: rose-hulman.edu/academics/facu….

Also @jleibold key work on Chen Quanguo: prcleader.org/leibold, and work by @EricTSchluessel especially on bilingual education.

Eminent Xinjiang scholar Jim Millward has written this piece for the Brookings Institution: brookings.edu/wp-content/upl…

There is much more background reading, but this is a good start to contextualize the work of others, myself, and witness accounts.

My work on Xinjiang starts with the process of securitization and police recruitment:

jamestown.org/program/xinjia…

jamestown.org/program/chen-q…

For methodology, esp. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The method of analyzing Chinese public recruitment in minority regions is also discussed in detail here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

In order to research the internment camps, a new approach was needed: identifying key terms, their etymology, and triangulating evidence from different sources, especially budgets and procurement bids: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

An updated version with additional evidence, especially from local government lists of interned persons, is here: jpolrisk.com/wash-brains-cl…

That also contains initial work on demographic trends that formed the basis for the birth prevention paper.

Important work on the dynamics of internment and release, the role of village-based work teams, and the likely timing of the internment campaign: jpolrisk.com/karakax/

Work on parent-child separation was along similar lines, investigating the topic from different angles and diverse sets of sources. Detailed account with approach: jpolrisk.com/break-their-ro…

The birth prevention work first contexualized demographic trends and related Chinese academic analysis and commentary, discussed most recent birth rate declines, and then researched most recent birth control policies since 2017. Findings are compared to witness testimony.

Research paper:
jamestown.org/product/steril…

Witness accounts:
apnews.com/article/269b3d…
and
theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…

There are of course many, many more witness accounts. Note also the important work of the Xinjiang Victims Database @shahitbiz, which now also documents internment facilities / prisons.

Then there is forced labor and very important work via satellite analysis, but you can look at that yourself.

Research and reporting conditions in Xinjiang became extremely difficult. Dr. Smith-Finley was even briefly detained. Some of her account / experiences: chinafile.com/reporting-opin…

Scholar Rian Thum on his 2018 visit to Xinjiang: inkstonenews.com/society/resear…

Visiting journalists face massive obstruction: france24.com/en/20190627-fa…

Very good BBC report on their visit to a "show camp", and what they were able to glean from the visit:
bbc.com/news/av/world-…

See also extensive reporting and witness accounts published by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (esp. @wang_maya), etc.

Those who want to see it have plenty to read, digest and understand about the unfolding nature of events in the region.

Perhaps as an addendum a response to some of Beijing's remarks on my birth prevention research, which contains further pointers on data sources: adrianzenz.medium.com/a-response-to-…