China’s Xinjiang Propaganda and United Front Work in Turkey: Part Two Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 5 March 15, 2021 02:24 PM Age: 2 weeks Image: The Turkey-China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, an organization connected with the CCP’s united front work, donated 50,000 masks to the Istanbul city government on July 29. The donation was heavily publicized via both Chinese and Turkish media outlets (Image source: CCPPNR). Introduction The accelerated repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities inside and outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) since 2016 has highlighted the Chinese state’s extreme methods of governance and power projection abroad. The crisis in Xinjiang has become a liability for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), tarnishing its national image and triggering increased backlash from the international community and advocacy by the global Uyghur diaspora. In Turkey, China has sought to curb such activity through the securitization of its foreign relations and pandemic diplomacy, while simultaneously employing direct coercive tactics to incapacitate the sizeable Uyghur émigré community—apparently with the tolerance or assistance of local organs (China Brief: February 26; November 1, 2019). In addition to leveraging the Chinese state’s foreign affairs apparatus, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also carries out Xinjiang-related work (涉疆工作,