The Importance of 'Biological Destruction' in Responsible Coverage of Xinjiang
The Importance of ‘Biological Destruction’ in Responsible Coverage of Xinjiang Chinese flag flying over Tiananmen Square. (radiowood, https://tinyurl.com/jusk9v4s; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/) Recent news coverage of the ongoing situation in Xinjiang has focused on whether or not those events meet the international legal definition of genocide. Declarations by both the Trump and Biden administrations, Canada, and the Netherlands have all stated that China’s treatment of the Uighurs constitutes genocide. Thoughtful and well-researched media coverage of t...