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China: Do The Uighurs Represent A Serious Threat?, Bridget Read, Ryan Walters
China: Do The Uighurs Represent A Serious Threat?, Bridget Read, Ryan Walters
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) utilization of harsh ethnic control policies coupled with extreme and violent enforcement by the People’s Armed Police (PAP) will likely drive the Uighurs to become a security threat to the PRC and disrupt international relationships. The Uighurs do not currently constitute a security threat to the PRC based on their limited connection to terrorist organizations and attacks. Due to several underlying factors, the Uighurs represent a political concern to the PRC and the conflict between the PRC and the Uighurs is fueled by ethnic tensions. Ongoing security operations in the Uighurs’ home province of …