CHINA’S TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION AGAINST UYGHURS
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How does the Chinese government control and monitor its citizens beyond its borders? The present article seeks to answer this question by focusing on threats and intimidations faced by the Uyghur diaspora in Türkiye and aims to improve scholarly understanding of the methods of transnational repression. The study explores the mechanisms of China’s transnational repression and patterns in the experiences of the targets. Close examination of relevant studies on the transnational repression of the Chinese government and in-depth interviews with the Uyghur targets living in Türkiye show that Chinese state-sponsored actors use digital channels or direct phone calls to harass the Uyghurs living abroad. In most cases, targets’ families back home are involved as intermediaries in the coercion or subjects of punishment if the target refuses to “collaborate.” Results from the interviews reveal that Chinese state agencies at home and abroad, such as neighborhood working groups, police, embassies, and consulates, are involved in transnational repression.
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