Culture | Xinjiang blues
Two new books shed light on the plight of the Uyghurs
Darren Byler documents life inside the prison camps. James Millward considers the repression as part of a broader history
In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony. By Darren Byler. Columbia Global Reports; 159 pages; $15.99. To be published in Britain in February by Atlantic Books; £12.99
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Xinjiang blues”
From the October 30th 2021 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Culture
Witty and wise, “A Real Pain” is a masterpiece in a minor key
Jesse Eisenberg’s deceptively slight film asks big moral questions
Now it’s all about TikTok. But Huawei led the way
The Chinese telecoms firm was the first to raise America’s hackles
Want to spend time with a different American president?
Five presidential biographies to distract you from the news
Los Angeles has lost some of its trailblazing architecture
How will it rebuild?
What firms are for
The framework for thinking about business and capitalism is hopelessly outdated, argues a new book
Greg Gutfeld, America’s most popular late-night host, rules the airwaves
The left gave him his perch