Chinese labour schemes aimed to cut Uighur population density – report

Accidental publication adds to growing body of evidence of Beijing's efforts to persecute minority

Chinese labour programmes in Xinjiang are designed at least partly to reduce the population density of the Uighur ethnic minority group, according to a study accidentally published online.

The Chinese report, by academics of Nankai University, was taken down in mid-2020, but a copy was archived by the academic Dr Adrian Zenz. It adds to the growing body of evidence of Beijing's concerted efforts to persecute Uighurs in what human rights experts and some governments have labelled cultural genocide.