Original Stories from China Cables
Explore the original investigative stories at the heart of the investigation.
Feb 19, 2020
New Leak Shows How China Targets Uighurs in Xinjiang
The leaked “Qaraqash List” shows that ethnic minorities were detained in camps for growing a beard or wearing a veil, or having too many children.
Dec 12, 2019
How the world learned of China’s mass internment camps
We've learned a lot about China's mass internment camps since the first English reports were published in 2017. But there are still plenty of unanswered questions.
Nov 24, 2019
Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm
A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents reveals the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.
Nov 24, 2019
How China Targets Uighurs ‘One by One’ for Using a Mobile App
Highly classified Chinese government documents reveal Chinese authorities have been targeting users of the Zapya app, as part of their crackdown against the Muslim Uighur population.
Nov 24, 2019
Xinjiang’s Architect of Mass Detention: Zhu Hailun
The man who signed China's confidential plans for sweeping extrajudicial detentions and internment camps in Xinjiang had a "lot of ground experience in the trickiest parts of Xinjiang."