ADXinjiang’s government had already mandated stricter controls on information in October, before the news reports, according to three of the people, all Uighurs outside Xinjiang. ADPublication of the classified documents prompted the central government in Beijing to put more pressure on Xinjiang officials, several of the Uighurs said. The woman, Asiye Abdulaheb, said that after she posted one page on social media in June, Chinese state agents sent her death threats and tried to recruit her ex-husband to spy on her. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act, aimed at pressuring China over the mass detentions in Xinjiang. State media reported that the Chinese government was considering retaliatory measures including visa bans on U.S. officials.

Source: Washington Post December 14, 2019 04:30 UTC