Center for Uyghur Studies

Provides policy recommendations & research reports to govt’s, interfaith entities & related Int’l orgs on people of East Turkistan. العربية @CUyghurstudyAR

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Today, the Center for Uyghur Studies (CUS) has released a comprehensive report documenting the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) sophisticated and systematic influence campaign in Southeast Asia. This campaign aims to conceal, deny, and justify the ongoing genocide, human rights abuses, and religious persecution of the Chinese government against the Uyghur people in East Turkistan (AKA the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region).

The report, titled “China’s Influence Campaigns in Southeast Asia & Plight of Uyghurs,” examines how Beijing fabricates false narratives, infiltrates institutions, exploits economic leverage, and suppresses dissenting voices to control the narrative surrounding its human rights abuses.

https://t.co/1eCfcbAkEr

[Pusat Kajian Uyghur @CUyghurstudyMY]

Abduqeyum Khoja, seorang ahli arkeologi dan sarjana #Uyghur yang telah memberikan sumbangan penting kepada kajian sejarah dan warisan budaya Uyghur, meninggal dunia akibat sakit di #Urumqi pada awal pagi 3 September 2026. Beliau berusia 85 tahun.

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

"Xinjiang is a major cotton-producing region. Allegations of forced labour involving Uyghurs have therefore created a problem far beyond human rights organisations: how can companies prove where the materials in their products came from?"

https://t.co/wtxxn4jLuc

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

"Reform UK’s top media presenter has worked for a Chinese state propaganda channel within the past year, the Guardian can reveal.

Ray Addison, who presents the political party’s in-house podcast and social media campaigns, fronted films about Xinjiang province – where the Chinese government is accused of committing genocide – for state media in September 2025."

https://t.co/ZH0sZF6DU3

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

In September 2023, United Nations experts expressed grave concern over the expansion of state-run boarding schools in the Uyghur region. They cited allegations that mainly Uyghur and other indigenous children were being separated from their families, receiving little or no education in their mother tongue, and being pushed toward assimilation into the Mandarin language and Chinese cultural practices.

https://t.co/QI0IYe9F6d

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

A 22-year-old University of Waterloo student made 24 trips across the U.S. border to covertly map critical airport infrastructure for a suspected Chinese intelligence handler.

According to a 19-page FBI affidavit filed in federal court, Chinese citizen Weiheng Zeng was arrested at the Ambassador Bridge in August 2026. Surveillance cameras at Chicago O’Hare previously caught him climbing forklifts, walking fence lines, and trying to open locked shipping containers at a FedEx facility. He carried out a similar operation at Toronto Pearson airport after being confronted inside by an employee.

To evade North American surveillance, Zeng used a dedicated Huawei phone with China Telecom SIM cards mailed from overseas every few months, routing all communications directly through Chinese provider networks. He was paid $20 to $30 per accepted photo into a Bank of China account, earning roughly $500 total while his contact urged him to expand target sites to airports in Orlando, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.

When federal agents inspected his phone, they discovered images of military aircraft alongside photos of Zeng posing in tactical gear with rifle-style weapons. Charged with making false statements after giving changing stories to federal agents, Zeng remains in custody as a flight risk.

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, an American citizen who lived and worked in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was sentenced today to two years in prison and 36 months of supervised release with no overseas travel for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States.

https://t.co/izGYQhDcaa

[Uygur Araştırmaları Merkezi @CUyghurstudyTR]

Çin Komünist Partisi'nin resmî tarih anlatısında uzun süredir beslediği kırgınlıklar arasında, yabancı güçlerin kendi sınırları dışındaki yargı yetkisini suistimal etmesi (ekstrateritoryal ihlaller) özellikle büyük bir yer tutar. (1/3)
https://t.co/rl5YQ8aVj1

[Xinjiang Victims Database @shahitbiz]

We've published a new analytical review on prisoner fates and numbers: https://t.co/FgLVcoishd

The focus is on the situation today, and though data is very limited, it appears safe to say that at least ~200000 remain incarcerated (since 2017-2018).

[Campaign For Uyghurs @CUyghurs]

Tomorrow, September 2nd, at 12 PM EST, join advocates from across the country for our Uyghur Legislative Advocacy Virtual Meet Up. Unite your voice with ours to amplify the call for Uyghur justice on Capitol Hill. Co-organized by CFU, @UyghurProject @PeaceCatInt @Uyghur_American @CUyghurstudy and @UyghurAcademyUS

Register using the QR code or this link:
https://t.co/7YJDAMKiTQ

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Four years on from the assessment report, which found that the arbitrary and discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity” in the context of wider restrictions and deprivation of fundamental rights, we are concerned by the lack of substantive follow-up.

https://t.co/pIBXcbJXMu

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Among the grievances the Communist Party has long nourished in its official telling of China’s story, the extraterritorial abuses of foreign powers loom especially large. In the 19th century it was colonial powers refusing to come under Chinese laws in the Chinese ports they controlled. In the 21st century it is America enforcing its will beyond its borders, through sanctions and export controls, against countries that displease it. All the more striking, then, that China now wants to play the extraterritorial game, waging lawfare with ever more gusto.

https://t.co/DQjVbbVgsw

[Abdulhakim Idris @AHakimIdris]

Honored to join the Uyghur delegation in Buenos Aires, where @DrRishatAbbas accepted the 2026 Graciela Fernández Meijide Award from @CADAL for imprisoned Uyghur scholar Yalqun Rozi.

We also met with U.S. Ambassador’s Residence representatives and Omar Abboud of @cira_islam to share the realities Uyghurs face under CCP repression and strengthen global solidarity.

Uyghurs need the world to keep speaking up. 🇺🇸🇦🇷

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night.

Why it matters: The U.S. and China are racing to build the world's most advanced AI systems — and it appears Chinese propaganda has infiltrated American circles with the hope of slowing the U.S. down.

https://t.co/rA1LiVZsZc

[Axios @axios]

China is secretly fueling America's data center rage https://t.co/ajqbBpsA5w

[Global Government Affairs @GlobalAffairs]

The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations:

We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy.

These posts contained claims that AI data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense.

We remain committed to maintaining an open and authentic platform where people debate topics of public interest. We take seriously any attempts to undermine the integrity of the global town square and suspend accounts that violate our Authenticity policy.

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

The Chinese government’s decade-long severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, amounting to crimes against humanity, deserves a stronger response from the international community, @hrw said today. 

https://t.co/6ujTSRJ6Se

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Check our https://t.co/FHBnduzs6h for documents on the various facilities in which specific victims are known to be, or have been, held.

[Xinjiang Victims Database @shahitbiz]

Adding the camp at the former Xinhua Hospital (新华医院) in Ghulja City to our list of documented facilities: https://t.co/GrOifs6kOI

At least part of the hospital functioned as a makeshift camp for the greater part of 2018. (1/6)

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

“Uyghur delegation visits Argentina, meets US representatives over Xinjiang rights concerns”

Read more At:
https://t.co/ORCzvaFQAD https://t.co/whZmau1e6T

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Tibetans and Mongolians have raised similar concerns. Members of both communities have complained about forced assimilation by China’s atheist authorities, the sidelining of their languages and cultures, and policies that compel children to learn Mandarin while discouraging them from learning their native languages and practicing their religions.

[Center for Uyghur Studies @CUyghurstudy]

Over the years, China has enacted a number of laws and regulations to combat what it calls “terrorism.” With vague definitions and an overly broad range of offenses, these measures have left Uyghurs and other Muslim populations in China under suspicion of engaging in separatist or terrorist activities. In some cases, practicing Islam and identifying as Uyghur can be treated as evidence of “terrorism” or “separatism.”

https://t.co/hUWxfnc6j4