Responding to a CCP request for an assessment of ethnic tensions in Xinjiang, Ilham Tohti wrote an article that argued short-term development goals impinged on long-term stability. His modest reform proposal fit the state agenda, but he was soon arrested on charges of separatism.
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For Tohti’s article, “Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations,” as well as other scholarship informing policy on the extrajudicial internment of Uyghurs, see our collection:
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And for more information about the arrest and internment of Uyghur intellectuals and celebrities, including Tohti, take a look at our timeline:
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His modest proposal boils down to more privileges to the Uyghurs elites by quota and abolish the existing deterrent mechanism against separatism. Forego secularism.
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Wow, great summary. I didn’t know it was possible to summarize a complex article in a sentence. But hey, you did it!
In case you can’t tell, this is sarcasm
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Thanks for posting this and compiling the list of resources - it seems the link to Daxiang Gonghui in this entry on the website is erroneous. Whoever from the project might want to double check.