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Telling Tall Tales
âUyghur Genocideâ as a Political Stratagem
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Many claims of genocide do not present a prima facie case of the intent to destroy a group, let alone show guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. They are a stratagem to enhance the claimantâs position in an inter-state or intra-state conflict. Claims about Chinaâs Xinjiang are not based on the mass killings associated with genocide, but on birth limits for minorities in 2017-2021 that included practices previously applied to Chinaâs Han majority for decades, plus brief family separations of a few minority children. These assertions impel Western sanctions and incite anti-Chinese sentiment but are empirically unsupported and degrade the concept of genocide.
Barry Sautman, JD (UCLA), LLM (NYU), PhD (Columbia University), is a political scientist and lawyer, and Professor Emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research is based on documentary and fieldwork methods, focusing on Chinaâs ethnic politics as well as AfricaâChina relations.
1 Introduction: âGenocideâ through the Looking Glass
â1 Crying âGenocide!â as the âAbuse of Abusesâ
â2 Xinjiang: the Uyghur Region in Brief
â3 Genocide by Thee, but Not by Me
â4 Re-inventing âGenocideâ in Xinjiang
2 âUyghur Genocideâ and Population: Myths and Realities
â1 Stricter Birth Limitations for the Majority Than for Minorities and âGenocideâ
â2 âUyghur Genocideâ Inquisitors
â3 The (Temporary) Sharp Fall in Uyghur Births
â4 Genocide without Mass Killing?
3 Forcible Transfer of Children: No Force, No Transfer
â1 No Evidence, No Case
â2 Family Separations, Boarding Schools and Genocides
â3 Xinjiang Boarding Schools and the Genocidal Imaginary
â4 Boarding Schools: All-China and Xinjiang
4 The Fallback: âMay Constitute ⦠Crimes against Humanityâ in Xinjiang
â1 Crimes against Humanity and the OHCHR Report of 2022
â2 Not Arbitrary, Not Detention
â3 Crimes against Humanity Unproven
â4 Other Crimes against Humanity: Torture and Mass Imprisonment
â5 Arbitrary Detentions Compared
â6 Criminals against Humanity?
â7 Substantiating Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
â8 The Role of Ãmigrés in the Discourse of âCrimes against Humanityâ in Xinjiang
5 âJudgingâ Genocides Real and Imagined
â1 A âVery Britishâ Pseudo-Court
â2 Propagandizing âUyghur Genocideâ
â3 Supporting Separatism, Denying Religious Extremism and Terrorism
6 Industrializing the âUyghur Genocideâ
â1 The Xinjiang Negative Narrative and Its âIndustriesâ
â2 Xinjiang: No Settlers, No Colonialism
â3 Mortalities, Life Expectancies and Other Comparisons
â4 Poverty Alleviation versus âGenocideâ
â5 Ethnic Population Balance and Benign/Malign Intent
â6 Terrorism or No Terrorism?
7 âGenocidalâ Impetuses and Intents: Xinjiang and Beyond
â1 A Peculiar âGenocideâ in Xinjiang
â2 Preferential Policies and Ethnic Fusion
â3 Speculative Sinophobia
â4 Xinjiang Sanctioned
â5 Forced Labor Unevidenced
â6 Work as a Normal Civic Obligation in China
â7 Forced Labor Unindicated
8 Controlling the Discourse of Xinjiang
â1 The US as âSavior of the Uyghursâ?
â2 Rhetorical Outbidding and âUyghur Genocideâ
â3 Ignoring Counter-Evidence
â4 The Uyghur Diaspora in the West and Ethnic Cleansing
9 Conclusion: Genocide without a Doubt or Genocide as a Stratagem?
â1 âThe West versus the Restâ on âUyghur Genocideâ
â2 The Rise and Fall of Uyghur Jihadi Salafists
â3 Accepting or Rejecting the Uyghur Genocide Trope
â4 Weasel Words about Xinjiang
â5 The VETC Strategy and Terrorism
â6 Use and Abuses of âUyghur Genocideâ
Bibliography
Index
â1 Crying âGenocide!â as the âAbuse of Abusesâ
â2 Xinjiang: the Uyghur Region in Brief
â3 Genocide by Thee, but Not by Me
â4 Re-inventing âGenocideâ in Xinjiang
2 âUyghur Genocideâ and Population: Myths and Realities
â1 Stricter Birth Limitations for the Majority Than for Minorities and âGenocideâ
â2 âUyghur Genocideâ Inquisitors
â3 The (Temporary) Sharp Fall in Uyghur Births
â4 Genocide without Mass Killing?
3 Forcible Transfer of Children: No Force, No Transfer
â1 No Evidence, No Case
â2 Family Separations, Boarding Schools and Genocides
â3 Xinjiang Boarding Schools and the Genocidal Imaginary
â4 Boarding Schools: All-China and Xinjiang
4 The Fallback: âMay Constitute ⦠Crimes against Humanityâ in Xinjiang
â1 Crimes against Humanity and the OHCHR Report of 2022
â2 Not Arbitrary, Not Detention
â3 Crimes against Humanity Unproven
â4 Other Crimes against Humanity: Torture and Mass Imprisonment
â5 Arbitrary Detentions Compared
â6 Criminals against Humanity?
â7 Substantiating Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
â8 The Role of Ãmigrés in the Discourse of âCrimes against Humanityâ in Xinjiang
5 âJudgingâ Genocides Real and Imagined
â1 A âVery Britishâ Pseudo-Court
â2 Propagandizing âUyghur Genocideâ
â3 Supporting Separatism, Denying Religious Extremism and Terrorism
6 Industrializing the âUyghur Genocideâ
â1 The Xinjiang Negative Narrative and Its âIndustriesâ
â2 Xinjiang: No Settlers, No Colonialism
â3 Mortalities, Life Expectancies and Other Comparisons
â4 Poverty Alleviation versus âGenocideâ
â5 Ethnic Population Balance and Benign/Malign Intent
â6 Terrorism or No Terrorism?
7 âGenocidalâ Impetuses and Intents: Xinjiang and Beyond
â1 A Peculiar âGenocideâ in Xinjiang
â2 Preferential Policies and Ethnic Fusion
â3 Speculative Sinophobia
â4 Xinjiang Sanctioned
â5 Forced Labor Unevidenced
â6 Work as a Normal Civic Obligation in China
â7 Forced Labor Unindicated
8 Controlling the Discourse of Xinjiang
â1 The US as âSavior of the Uyghursâ?
â2 Rhetorical Outbidding and âUyghur Genocideâ
â3 Ignoring Counter-Evidence
â4 The Uyghur Diaspora in the West and Ethnic Cleansing
9 Conclusion: Genocide without a Doubt or Genocide as a Stratagem?
â1 âThe West versus the Restâ on âUyghur Genocideâ
â2 The Rise and Fall of Uyghur Jihadi Salafists
â3 Accepting or Rejecting the Uyghur Genocide Trope
â4 Weasel Words about Xinjiang
â5 The VETC Strategy and Terrorism
â6 Use and Abuses of âUyghur Genocideâ
Bibliography
Index
Readers for whom this book would be of immediate interest or relevance include academic institutes, human rights NGOs, political leaders and bodies, international lawyers and media practitioners. The relevant subject areas are Chinaâs ethnic politics and genocide studies.