BREAKING: New search tool with 5 million data entries from the #XinjiangPoliceFiles enables Uyghur diaspora & others to search the status of ~730,000 individuals from Xinjiang.
Most of the 700,000+ individuals are from Konasheher and Tekes counties (Uyghur / Kazakh regions), but 9 other counties have data on over 10,000 persons. There is raw data output on persons from 48 counties.
Many thousands are shown to be in camps or prisons. /2
The search results also output ~6,000+ associated images of persons contained the files.
Anyone can search the database using 18 digit PRC ID numbers or names transliterated into Chinese characters. Results can be filtered by county. /2
The search outputs raw police file data in Chinese, derived from internal spreadsheets, sorted by file creation dates.
The data is mostly from 2017 and 2018, with the most recent files being from December 2018. That is the most significant limitation of the file cache. /4
We wanted to make this information available as the Uyghur/Kazakh diaspora is desperate for any information on their loved ones.
This was a major effort, and I am grateful for all those involved in it. A particular shout-out to the tireless @mpr0010 who made this possible. /5
This new person search complements existing search tools, in particular the curated Xinjiang Victims Database @shahitbiz, which can be found at shahit.biz/eng/. /7
Breaking: Xinjiang gets new party secretary as Ma Xingrui is replaced by Chen Xiaojiang, deputy United Front Work Department minister and the first ethnic Han appointed director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.
Chen affirms primacy of stability in Xinjiang:👇
Globally, this could foreshadow an emphasis on coordinated influence operations to improve Xinjiang's global image, further repressing dissenting voices abroad. Domestically, it reflects an emphasis on coerced ethnic unity and securitization under total party control.
It confirms that economic development is not the CCP's primary concern in Xinjiang. While Ma was a technocrat experienced in promoting economic development, Chen's experience is in party discipline (CCDI), ideological control and ethnic "unity" (in an assimilatory sense).
Major media investigation finds thousands of Uyghurs forced to work in 75 factories across 11 Chinese regions, with links to major western companies. I supported this joint investigation into state-imposed forced labor transfers by @nytimes @derspiegel @TBIJ. THREAD: 👇
The investigation reviewed thousands of social media videos and visited two dozen factories. The findings point to the massive scale of Uyghurs being sent to work in factories around the country.
Implicated western companies include @BMW , @VW , Mercedes-Benz AG, Stellantis, LG Electronics, Tesla, Midea Group, KFC, McDonald's, @SKECHERSUSA , and Manchester City football club.
The past two months I analyzed Clive Greenwood, the most senior member of the Liangma audit team that visited @VW's Xinjiang factory.
@clivegreenwood’s enigmatic background is characterized by twists, turns, contradictions, and obfuscation. 🧵
Mr. Greenwood did not respond to detailed questions about his professional background, his role in the audit, and his apparent lack of expertise in conducting social audits.
After he was contacted, he deleted his LinkedIn biography and removed "Liangma" from his profile.
Between 2004 and 2016, @clivegreenwood ran a British sports pub in Suzhou called The Drunken Chef, where he advertised his offerings with images of scantily-clad women.
A leaked full copy of the confidential audit of Volkswagen's Xinjiang factory shows that key statements made by @VW about the audit were false or misleading.
The audit suffers from severe methodological shortcomings & failed to protect interviewed Uyghur staff. Full report:🧵
I contacted @VW and they said they did not want to respond to my set of detailed questions about the report. Liangma did not respond.
The audit was conducted by Liangma Law, a Chinese law firm with significant ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Liangma possesses no discernible experience in conducting social audits and does not advertise related services. It is not accredited to conduct SA8000 audits.
On Saturday, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs casually announced new standardized Chinese names for 30 locations in "South Tibet" (藏南), together with an updated map (below).
"South Tibet" is India's state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Thread:🧵
India promptly responded, affirming that the state is an "integral" part of India.
This was the PRC MCA's 4th announcement, resulting in a total of 62 Chinese place names. Links in next post.
@SophieDRich Related op-ed by @benedictrogers, arguing that member states must be clear and specific in pointing out Beijing's egregious human rights violations. He suggests 10 points that could be raised. ucanews.com/news/chinas-ri…