An Empirical Assessment of China’s Counterterrorism Efforts and Securitization of Turkic Muslims

Reyhan Topal

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2023, vol. 46, issue 9, 1745-1765

Abstract: Why does China view its Turkic Muslims as a security threat? Although scholars have written a good deal on China’s repression of minorities, the number of empirical studies about China’s ever-expanding incarceration and surveillance of Turkic Muslims is rather limited. To identify the reasons for China’s repressive policies, this article draws evidence from Xinjiang Victims Database that presents video testimonies of 8973 people whose family members and friends are in China’s prisons and detention camps. The evidence shows that China’s policies stem from a constructivist securitization approach where religion, culture and identity play central roles although the country frames its policies through a realist discourse on terrorism and security.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.1892604

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