Tag: Uyghur Muslims

China is deliberately pursuing birth control policies to cause a reduction of 2.6 million to 4.5 million births among Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang within 20 years, representing up to a third of the estimated minority in the region, according to a new analysis by the German researcher. The report, shared exclusively with Reuters ahead of publication, also includes a previously unreported cache of research produced by Chinese academics and officials on Beijing’s intent behind the birth control policies in Xinjiang, where official data shows birth...