Surveillance in China’s Xinjiang Region: Ethnic Sorting, Coercion, and Inducement
May 31, 2019Journal of Contemporary China
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In another related programme, known as ‘finding a partner and becoming kin’ (结对认亲), Han and Uyghur families are literally paired up in the name of ‘inter-ethnic mingling’ and ‘ethnic harmony’. Initiated in October 2016, the campaign paired 1.1 million cadres from XUAR level government bodies and SOEs with 1.6 million villagers in 2018, with Han cadres paired with minority families and Uyghur cadres matched with Han peasants or other minorities.