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- Title: Ethnic Unity: 民族团结 (Mínzú tuánjié)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
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- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 民族团结 (Mínzú tuánjié). Ethnic unity in the official discourse in Xinjiang is the so-called “common unity” and “ethnic solidarity” where the emphasis is placed on “Xinjiang (as) an inalienable part of the motherland.” In the official wording of the Ordinance on Education for Ethnic Unity in Xinjiang: “The carrying out of ethnic unity education is a common responsibility of society as a whole. Acceptance of ethnic unity education is a right to be enjoyed and an obligation to be fulfilled by citizens according to law.”
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 民族团结 (Mínzú tuánjié). Ethnic unity in the official discourse in Xinjiang is the so-called “common unity” and “ethnic solidarity” where the emphasis is placed on “Xinjiang (as) an inalienable part of the motherland.” In the official wording of the Ordinance on Education for Ethnic Unity in Xinjiang: “The carrying out of ethnic unity education is a common responsibility of society as a whole. Acceptance of ethnic unity education is a right to be enjoyed and an obligation to be fulfilled by citizens according to law.”
- Title: Examining the 2015 World Bank’s Xinjiang Technical and...
- Creator: Remy Hellstern
- Date: Thursday, July 29, 2021
- Subject: World Bank Funding
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: In December 2014, the World Bank introduced a new project, Xinjiang Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project. The expressed goal of this loan was to usher in school-based reform, strengthen the connection between schools and industry, improve external support for vocational schools, employ high-quality teachers, and upgrade equipment and facilities. This project planned on supplying 50 million USD, between 2015 to 2020, to five vocational schools throughout Xinjiang to encourage ethnic minorities in the region to enroll. However, upon further examination, there is reason to believe some of the funding from this loan went to teachers and staff working at traditional schools and re-education centers.
- Description: In December 2014, the World Bank introduced a new project, Xinjiang Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project. The expressed goal of this loan was to usher in school-based reform, strengthen the connection between schools and industry, improve external support for vocational schools, employ high-quality teachers, and upgrade equipment and facilities. This project planned on supplying 50 million USD, between 2015 to 2020, to five vocational schools throughout Xinjiang to encourage ethnic minorities in the region to enroll. However, upon further examination, there is reason to believe some of the funding from this loan went to teachers and staff working at traditional schools and re-education centers.
- Title: Extending Grassroots Power and Mobilizing the People: How...
- Creator: Yao Qu
- Date: Thursday, August 12, 2021
- Subject: State Surveillance
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: As part of the crackdown on Turkic people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from 2016, Chen Quanguo (陈全国), the current Party secretary in the XUAR, reproduced an all-pervasive security system across the region from his Tibetan experience, called the Ten Family Joint Defence groups (TFJD, 十户联防), which involves almost all residents in public security activities in the name of ‘counterterrorism.’ The TFJD is not a new invention by the XUAR authority; on the contrary, it is a result of decades of efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to extend its power at the grassroots level and a long history of mobilizing the people as a way to organize security forces at a low cost in earlier Chinese regimes (both Imperial and Republican).
- Description: As part of the crackdown on Turkic people in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from 2016, Chen Quanguo (陈全国), the current Party secretary in the XUAR, reproduced an all-pervasive security system across the region from his Tibetan experience, called the Ten Family Joint Defence groups (TFJD, 十户联防), which involves almost all residents in public security activities in the name of ‘counterterrorism.’ The TFJD is not a new invention by the XUAR authority; on the contrary, it is a result of decades of efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to extend its power at the grassroots level and a long history of mobilizing the people as a way to organize security forces at a low cost in earlier Chinese regimes (both Imperial and Republican).
- Title: Forced Labour and Detainment Transfer Timeline
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Vocational Training Centres
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline shows the steps Chinese authorities took to present the internment camp system as ‘vocational training centres’. Under international pressure, state spokespersons have announced the camps as “closed” but in fact, the detainees have either been transferred into long-term prisons or have become forced labourers.
- Description: This timeline shows the steps Chinese authorities took to present the internment camp system as ‘vocational training centres’. Under international pressure, state spokespersons have announced the camps as “closed” but in fact, the detainees have either been transferred into long-term prisons or have become forced labourers.
- Title: Four Activities: 四项活动 (Sì xiàng huódòng)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language:
- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四项活动 (Sì xiàng huódòng). This term is the CCP’s categorization of a set of religious and cultural practices that, according to Timothy Grose, “provide opportunities for devout and casually religious families alike to strengthen connections.” These activities include baby-namings, circumcisions, funerals, and weddings. In order to “standardize” religious affairs and bolster the “fighting strength, team spirit, and cohesion” of the Party branch, authorities have launched a set of policies known as the four applications, four delegations, and four receipts. In practice, this means that any family wishing to hold a baby-naming event, circumcision, funeral, or wedding will need to fill out an application, host a CPP representative, and produce a receipt documenting the event.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四项活动 (Sì xiàng huódòng). This term is the CCP’s categorization of a set of religious and cultural practices that, according to Timothy Grose, “provide opportunities for devout and casually religious families alike to strengthen connections.” These activities include baby-namings, circumcisions, funerals, and weddings. In order to “standardize” religious affairs and bolster the “fighting strength, team spirit, and cohesion” of the Party branch, authorities have launched a set of policies known as the four applications, four delegations, and four receipts. In practice, this means that any family wishing to hold a baby-naming event, circumcision, funeral, or wedding will need to fill out an application, host a CPP representative, and produce a receipt documenting the event.
- Title: Four Consciousnesses: 四个意识 (Sì gè yìshí)
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language:
- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四个意识 (Sì gè yìshí). The Four Consciousness is a term introduced by Xi Jinping during the 2016 Politburo spelling out the political consciousness (政治意识), big-picture awareness(大局意识), leadership-core values (核心意识) and alignment in ideology (看齊意识) for party members. It marks a further shift towards authoritarianism and power centralization compared to the Hu Jintao’s “Three Supremes” and Jiang Zemin’s “Three Represents.” In the context of Xinjiang, the guidance of the Four Consciousnesses means that any signs of dissent will not be tolerated and a heavy-handed practice is justified. For example, the mass construction of re-education camps under the current Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo reflects the further shift towards authoritarianism guided by these principles.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四个意识 (Sì gè yìshí). The Four Consciousness is a term introduced by Xi Jinping during the 2016 Politburo spelling out the political consciousness (政治意识), big-picture awareness(大局意识), leadership-core values (核心意识) and alignment in ideology (看齊意识) for party members. It marks a further shift towards authoritarianism and power centralization compared to the Hu Jintao’s “Three Supremes” and Jiang Zemin’s “Three Represents.” In the context of Xinjiang, the guidance of the Four Consciousnesses means that any signs of dissent will not be tolerated and a heavy-handed practice is justified. For example, the mass construction of re-education camps under the current Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo reflects the further shift towards authoritarianism guided by these principles.
- Title: Four Togethers and Four Gifts: 四同四送 (Sì tóng...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language:
- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四同四送 (Sì tóng sì song). The “Four Togethers” and “Four Gifts” are a set of guidelines that inform the mass work performed by cadres throughout Xinjiang. They are generally carried out in tandem with other campaigns, such as fanghuiju (访惠聚). The “Four Togethers” include eating together, living together, working together, and learning together, and the “Four Gifts” are policy, law, warmth, and civilization. Government briefs typically characterize these policies as a mutually beneficial process in which cadres learn about rural life and gain skills while villagers learn about state policy. They also appear frequently in government reports promoting the state’s efforts to alleviate poverty and promote national unity.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 四同四送 (Sì tóng sì song). The “Four Togethers” and “Four Gifts” are a set of guidelines that inform the mass work performed by cadres throughout Xinjiang. They are generally carried out in tandem with other campaigns, such as fanghuiju (访惠聚). The “Four Togethers” include eating together, living together, working together, and learning together, and the “Four Gifts” are policy, law, warmth, and civilization. Government briefs typically characterize these policies as a mutually beneficial process in which cadres learn about rural life and gain skills while villagers learn about state policy. They also appear frequently in government reports promoting the state’s efforts to alleviate poverty and promote national unity.
- Title: Grid Style Social Management: 网格化管理 (Wǎng gé huà...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language:
- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 网格化管理 (Wǎng gé huà guǎnlǐ). Grid street layout has a long history for social control and military purpose since Imperial China. Grid-style social management, or grid management system was first raised at the 18th Party’s Congress as a social management mechanism that focuses on systematic digitization of the management subject, process, and evaluation. This system divides urban communities into geometric zones to facilitate police activity, technologically automated surveillance and Artificial Intelligence analysis. Since 2017, Party Secretary Chen Quanguo applied the Grid Management System Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 网格化管理 (Wǎng gé huà guǎnlǐ). Grid street layout has a long history for social control and military purpose since Imperial China. Grid-style social management, or grid management system was first raised at the 18th Party’s Congress as a social management mechanism that focuses on systematic digitization of the management subject, process, and evaluation. This system divides urban communities into geometric zones to facilitate police activity, technologically automated surveillance and Artificial Intelligence analysis. Since 2017, Party Secretary Chen Quanguo applied the Grid Management System Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
- Title: Historical Overview of Events Shaping the Politics of...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: History and Development of the Xinjiang
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of major events in the 20th century that shaped the politic of Xinjiang.
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of major events in the 20th century that shaped the politic of Xinjiang.
- Title: Integrated Joint Operation Platform: 一体化联合作战平台 (Yītǐ huà liánhé...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language:
- Item Type: Sound File
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 体化联合作战平台 (Yītǐ huà liánhé zuòzhàn píngtái). IJOP gathers information from multiple sources or “sensors.” for example, CCTV cameras, wifi sniffers, security checkpoints and from “visitors’ management systems” in access-controlled communities. The IJOP also draws on existing information, such as one’s vehicle ownership, health, family planning, banking, and legal records, according to official reports. Police and local officials are also required to submit to IJOP information on any activity they deem “unusual” and anything “related to stability” they have spotted during home visits and policing.
- Description: This is an audio recording of how to pronounce 体化联合作战平台 (Yītǐ huà liánhé zuòzhàn píngtái). IJOP gathers information from multiple sources or “sensors.” for example, CCTV cameras, wifi sniffers, security checkpoints and from “visitors’ management systems” in access-controlled communities. The IJOP also draws on existing information, such as one’s vehicle ownership, health, family planning, banking, and legal records, according to official reports. Police and local officials are also required to submit to IJOP information on any activity they deem “unusual” and anything “related to stability” they have spotted during home visits and policing.
- Title: Intellectual and Celebrity Arrests
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Arrests and Detainment
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of the arrest and incarceration of Uyghur intellectuals and celebrities in Xinjiang. This is a partial overview and does not contain the complete list of notable people who have been arrested. See more at the Xinjiang Victims Database.
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of the arrest and incarceration of Uyghur intellectuals and celebrities in Xinjiang. This is a partial overview and does not contain the complete list of notable people who have been arrested. See more at the Xinjiang Victims Database.
- Title: Learning Materials: Peasant Paintings
- Subject: Visual Teaching Materials
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: Peasant paintings are common throughout the People’s Republic of China and play an important role in Chinese folk art. These colourful paintings are found throughout the countryside promoting Chinese pride and aspirations. However, oftentimes in Xinjiang, these paintings have been used as a tool to encourage ethnic assimilation and portray Turkic Muslim communities that do not adhere to Party values as radical secessionists.
- Description: Peasant paintings are common throughout the People’s Republic of China and play an important role in Chinese folk art. These colourful paintings are found throughout the countryside promoting Chinese pride and aspirations. However, oftentimes in Xinjiang, these paintings have been used as a tool to encourage ethnic assimilation and portray Turkic Muslim communities that do not adhere to Party values as radical secessionists.
