China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World

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Published 2019-06-29
China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while many Uighur children are taken to state-run orphanages where they're indoctrinated into Chinese customs.

The Uighurs' plight has largely been kept hidden from the world, thanks to China’s aggressive attempts to suppress the story at all costs.

VICE News’ Isobel Yeung posed as a tourist to gain unprecedented access to China’s western Xinjiang region, which has been nearly unreachable by journalists.

She and our crew experienced China’s Orwellian surveillance and harassment first-hand during their time in Xinjiang, and captured chilling hidden-camera footage of eight Uighur men detained by police in the middle of the night. We spoke with members of the Uighur community about their experience in these camps, and about China’s attempts to silence their history and lifestyle under the cover of darkness.

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All Comments (21)
  • @VICENews
    WATCH NEXT: Facial recognition is widely used by governments, police and corporations. But what happens when it gets into the hands of everyday people? - https://youtu.be/Azg_5bKRtrs
  • @Ben-dh1kt
    Respect to the journalist who will never be able to go back to China even tho she probably spent years learning the language
  • "Individuals cannot accept interviews without government approval" This explains it all.
  • @814studio
    I do think that Vice has some questionable coverage but they never fail to impress me when they go on site to report. It’s always super insightful of the actual situation going on and shows the viewer what they’re not usually shown so they can make their own judgement. One group can say there’s concentration camps, one can say that there’s training compounds. What do you see?
  • @HelmuthGerka
    This women has the biggest balls and is one of the best reporters, her and her team go so far sometimes I cant believe it.
  • @wannaastro4621
    no wonder Taiwan and Hong Kong don’t want to be a part of this
  • those local guys who stood up to the police for the journalists were quite brave
  • 1:08 The billboard recites, in red characters: "prosperity democracy civilization peaceful harmony freedom equality justice rule by law patriotism work ethic sincere trust friendliness" which are all words with very noble meanings... 25:36 The façade of the barbed wire kindergarden recites in red characters: ‘教师用心 孩子开心 家长放心’, i.e. "the teachers use the heart, the children are happy (lit. open the heart), the parents don't worry (lit. throw the heart)" 26:09 On the barbed wire fencegate of the second kindergarden: ‘播种梦想 放飞希望’ "sow dreams, spread the wings of hope (=let your hopes fly)" 29:37 ‘快乐成长 放飞梦想’ "grow up happy, spread the wings of dreams (=let your dreams fly)"
  • The best 30 min I have spent watching something that’s not only a great documentary but a important news of how people life affair in the region.
  • @Wtfwhatisthis
    Please, in future videos, protect the people you interview more. Even vague locations, tone of voice, and minor images of people can aid in them tracking people down. There truly is no such thing as privacy in China.
  • @Jp-ue8xz
    "Individuals cannot accept interviews without government approval" WHAT THE ACTUAL FCK
  • @___9042
    To everyone who participated in making this video, thank you so much for spreading awareness and giving light to places without human rights 😂 this thing scared the hell out of me
  • @Adelio_its_me
    I have no words to describe how brave this journalist is and how grateful I am for this reportage. Thank you.
  • @lastword8783
    What happened to when the world said "never again" in 1945.
  • @keveneven1410
    “Individuals cannot accept interviews without government approval”. This is some real dystopian kinda stuff.
  • Strange how Muslims don't really care but are raging if someone in the West draws a simple cartoon
  • @yarkho4812
    You should be more careful to protect the personal information of the people you interviewed! You posted this video and show their faces without covered, don’t you guys know that they might be on trouble because of it? 😢
  • @qaseemtak9368
    At this point, China has literally surpassed George Orwell's imagination.
  • Much respect to this brave WOMEN for the job they try and have done on this story. Humanity 😢
  • I was more scared watching isobel going around China than she was. What a journalist. She deserves the biggest raise.