{"id":4093,"date":"2018-09-30T12:17:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T12:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/09\/30\/chinas-pitiless-war-muslim-uighurs-poses-dilemma-west\/"},"modified":"2018-09-30T12:17:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T12:17:54","slug":"chinas-pitiless-war-muslim-uighurs-poses-dilemma-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/chinas-pitiless-war-muslim-uighurs-poses-dilemma-west\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s pitiless war on Muslim Uighurs poses a dilemma for the west"},"content":{"rendered":"

China is facing mounting international criticism over its systematic repression of Muslim Uighurs in western Xinjiang province, where an estimated 1 million people<\/a> have been detained in \u201cre-education\u201d camps and subjected to prolonged physical and psychological abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Chinese leaders remain defiant, telling the UN and human rights activists last week, in effect, to mind their own business. The stand-off highlights one of the most challenging <\/span>21st century<\/span> dilemmas for western democracies: how to sustain the <\/span>pretence<\/span> that an increasingly totalitarian China<\/a> is a \u201cnormal\u201d country with which they can do business.<\/span><\/p>\n