Human Rights in Xinjiang: The U.N.'s China Compromise

This episode, we discuss evidence of human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region as a new collection of leaked documents rocks the world and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet returns from a controversial visit to the region. Monica Hunter-Hart interviews Michael Clarke, Adrian Zenz and Sophie Richardson about the history of Xinjiang, the Xinjiang Police Files leak and Bachelet's visit. She also talks to a Uyghur man who spent a month in pretrial detention in 2017. Then, Jack Stone Truitt interviews Darren Byler on Xinjiang's surveillance tech. Finally, Alice French sends in her Tokyo Dispatch, this time interviewing Ken Moriyasu about China's threat to Taiwan.  Click here for an exclusive offer to save 83% on a Nikkei Asia subscription  Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor and executive producer, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt. Mehmet's voice was re-created by Eric Francisco. Related to this episode: Xi tells U.N. rights chief that China doesn't need lectures, by CK Tan and Pak Yiu U.N. rights head Bachelet starts landmark tour of China's Xinjiang, by Pak Yiu All for one: U.S. enlists its Asian allies in defense of Taiwan, by Ken Moriyasu