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My piece in this week’s issue of @newyorker – titled “Ghost Walls” in the print edition – may be the most important thing that I've worked on at the magazine since I began writing there in 2007. /1 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/12/surviving-the-crackdown-in-xinjiang
It was a privilege to meet Anar Sabit and all of the other people I spoke to from Xinjiang, who shared their recollections and insights, but who are not mentioned in this story. /2
I feel the same way about a number of dedicated researchers – academics, government officials, members of NGOs – who have been documenting the repression in Xinjiang, and speaking out about what they find. /3
Some of those people are active on Twitter. You should follow them if you want to keep up on the issue: @adrianzenz, @dtbyler, @RianThum, @GroseTimothy, @JimMillward, @wang_maya, @jleibold. There are more, and I'm sure I'll be re-posting them in the coming days. /4
Also, while working on “Ghost Walls,” @newyorker had a parallel project under development, and it's pretty amazing. It came out last month. Please also check out “Reeducated,” by @benmauk and @samwolson and their team if you haven't already. /5 https://www.newyorker.com/news/video-dept/reeducated-film-xinjiang-prisoners-china-virtual-reality
