CHINA’S POLICIES OF TRANSFORMING UYGHURS: LABOR TRANSFER, LANGUAGE CHANGE, “RE-EDUCATION” CAMPS

China’s on-going policies of transforming Uyghurs have been increasing rapidly than ever before. In this talk, Mustafa will discuss what main policies that the Chinese government is enforcing in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; how did state policies influence the Uyghur people, and how different are these policies from previous ones. He will explore these transforming policies by providing both quantitative and qualitative examples in terms of labor transfer, language change, and the “Re-educ