Xinjiang: One Nation Divided

A Uighur boy at an outdoor bookstand
PHOTO BY GREG GIRARD / CONTACT PRESS IMAGES FOR TIME

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A Uighur boy at an outdoor bookstand. The use of the Uighur language for instruction is now outlawed at Universities, and local-language materials face fierce scrutiny from government censors. The pressure-cooker environment of Xinjiang today may spawn real extremism in the future

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