China Policies to Cut Uyghur Numbers by One-Third, Report Says
- German researcher says findings bolster genocide claims
- China lashes out at report’s author, says work ‘not credible’
Source: Bloomberg
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Chinese policies could reduce the growth of southern Xinjiang’s ethnic Uyghur population by one-third over the next two decades, according to a new report, data that could bolster arguments that the effort represents genocide.
Policies from birth control to forced labor transfers are on track to cut the Uyghur population in the region’s southern portion by 2.6 million to 4.5 million by 2040, according to the latest analysis by German researcher Adrian Zenz. That’s the equivalent of as much as one-third of the 13.1 million ethnic minority members that would be projected to live in that area without state intervention.