Special Episode: Cultural destruction and detention facilities in Xinjiang

In this podcast special, Anastasia Kapetas speaks to some of the team behind ASPI’s research on Xinjiang about their recently launched Xinjiang Data Project and the potential global implications of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. ASPI’s Kelsey Munro and Nathan Ruser, and James Leibold, Senior ASPI Fellow and Head of Department of Politics, Media & Philosophy at La Trobe University discuss their research which extensively mapped out 380 detention facilities in Xinjiang that have been built or expanded on since 2017. They also talk about their research on cultural erasure in Xinjiang which traced the destruction of mosques and other significant Uyghur cultural sites in the region and estimated that 16,000 mosques have been destroyed or damaged since 2017. Mentioned in this episode: Xinjiang Data Project: https://xjdp.aspi.org.au/ ‘Cultural erasure’ report: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/cultural-erasure Guests: Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas Kelsey Munro: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/kelsey-munro James Leibold: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/james-leibold Nathan Ruser: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/nathan-ruser Music: "Allegro" by Emmit Fenn, via the YouTube Audio Library.