Nobody is surprised by China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang area; still, Beijing is now using its crackdown tactics, perfected in Xinjiang, against the greater Muslim communities in mainland China as well.
Under China’s Sinification program, the Hui, a sizable Muslim minority in Yuxi, are subject to more scrutiny, including limitations on their religious practices and enhanced surveillance, which suggests an extension of policies first implemented in Xinjiang.
During the national conference on education in 2018, President Xi Jinping encouraged educators to give priority to the party’s identification among the youth of the country. He declared, “All the other buttons will be erroneously buttoned if the first button is buttoned incorrectly. Life needs to be controlled from the start.”
The goal of China’s integration prog