Uyghur people

The U.S. has failed to achieve its missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the War on Terror’s legacy lives on in nearby western China.

Dahua, a Chinese surveillance-gear supplier, accidentally posted online code for software that specifically identifies Uighurs, and tracks their emotions and movements.

ISIS kills a Chinese hostage somewhere in Syria or Iraq, and Beijing tries to rally support for its campaign against the restive Uighur population in Xinjiang.

Maybe it was Extraterrestrials. Or Elves. Or North Korea. Welcome to the craziest explanations for what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

Masked attackers stabbed over 160 people at a train station over the weekend in Kunming—and Beijing is blaming the violence on Uighurs from its restive Xinjiang province.

Beijing’s response to the Uighur massacre is just like its reaction to last year’s Tibet uprising—self-denial and scapegoating. Until the party honchos realize their own abusive rule is to blame, they’ll face increasing challenges to their power.