Update on “The Cage”—part two
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look back at part two of our investigation into Uyghur repression in China and abroad
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Last year, The Economist’s senior China correspondent Alice Su investigated how the Chinese government has been working to silence and control Uyghurs outside the country, which we published in June as a two-part series. Since then, the situation for Uyghurs has not improved.
As 2023 comes to a close, and the UN’s universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council in 2024 under way, we’re re-running “The Cage” to highlight ongoing persecution of the Uyghurs. In this second episode, Alice explores how the Chinese state is able to control Uyghurs overseas through their families. She speaks to Nigara and Kewser, two Uyghurs who left China, about making the biggest decision of their lives; family or freedom?
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