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Xi’s war on the Uyghurs: The battle for identity in China’s far West

When Chinese authorities detained Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti in January 2014, his daughter Jewher Ilham was preparing for a future she believed would include both her family and her father’s work promoting dialogue between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. ​Instead, Tohti was sentenced later that year to life imprisonment on separatism-related charges.

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