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I researched Uighur society in China for 8 years and watched how technology opened new opportunities – then became a trap

  • Written by Darren Byler, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Washington
I researched Uighur society in China for 8 years and watched how technology opened new opportunities – then became a trapUighurs wait in line at a face scan checkpoint in Turpan, Xinjiang in northwest China on April 11, 2018Darren Byler, CC BY

The Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group of around 12 million in northwest China, are required by the police to carry their smartphones and IDs listing their ethnicity.

As they pass through one of the thousands of newly...

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