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Podcast: The Burning Case
Episode: #TooHotToHandle 3: Trading tradeoffs, why China and Europe are sparring over Uighur lives
Description: Ever hear of the Uighur community? There are about 12 million Uighurs, mostly Muslim, living in north-western China in the region of Xinjiang. Human rights groups believe China has detained more than a million Uighurs over the past few years in what the state defines as "re-education camps". There is evidence of Uighurs being used as forced labour and of women being forcibly sterilised.Recently, the US and other countries have accused China of committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its repression of the Uighurs. Europe was the latest to do so...