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The China cables

The China cables is the first leak of classified documents from within the Communist party which describe the internal workings of detention camps holding over a million ethnic minority muslims, and the digital technology being deployed to monitor these communities within China and abroad

27 November 2019

  • Guardian Weekly cover 29 November 2019

    Inside the 29 November edition of Guardian Weekly: the China Cables

    This week in our international news magazine, the Communist party leak that reveals the truth about Xinjiang’s network of prison camps

26 November 2019

  • A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. This centre, situated between regional capital Urumqi and tourist spot Turpan, is among the largest known ones, and was still undergoing extensive construction and expansion at the time the photo was taken. Police in Dabancheng detained two Reuters journalists for more than four hours after the photos were taken. Picture taken September 4, 2018. To match Special Report MUSLIMS-CAMPS/CHINA REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1E0B4F9C80

    'What has happened to me': manga depicting Uighur torture hits 2.5m views

    Japanese artist’s story of Xinjiang woman’s experience highlights plight of Muslim minority in China

25 November 2019

  • A facility in Artux, one of a growing number of internment camps in the Xinjiang region, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained.

    UK calls for UN access to Chinese detention camps in Xinjiang

    Foreign Office responds after leaked China cables appear to confirm brainwashing centres

  • China cables: 'Don't listen to fake news' about Xinjiang camps, says Chinese ambassador – video

    During a heated exchange BBC Panorama's Richard Bilton asked Liu to tell him the truth about these camps

  • Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar

    China cables reveal 23 Australian citizens 'red-flagged' in Uighur crackdown

    Officials instructed to subject Australians to identity verification and either deport or detain them in Xinjiang internment camps, leaked documents reveal

24 November 2019

  • Schoolchildren walking below surveillance cameras in Akto, south of Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region

    Revealed: power and reach of China’s surveillance dragnet

    How China uses technology to push its campaign against Muslim minorities beyond its own borders
  • China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming.

    China's response to the leaked Xinjiang camp cables

    The Chinese embassy in the UK comments on the Guardian’s reporting on the Uighur detention camp telegrams

    • Secret memo on how to run China’s prison camps – annotated

    • Uighur man's 10-year sentence shows harsh reality of Chinese repression

    • 'Allow no escapes': leak exposes reality of China's vast prison camp network

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