China is forcing ethnic minority women in its Xinjiang province to take birth control, get IUDs, and abort the unborn on a scale that has sent birthrates plummeting by over 80% in three years in some regions.
China has had laws capping the number of children a couple is allowed to have for decades, but newly revealed government documents and data show that the Chinese Communist Party has recently launched an aggressive, targeted enforcement of childbearing laws on Xinjiang's Uighurs and other minorities.
At the same time, Chinese officials have relaxed enforcement of childbearing laws on Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China.
"It links back to China's long history of dabbling in eugenics you don't want people who are poorly educated, marginal minorities breeding quickly," James Leibold, a La Trobe University scholar of Chinese ethnic, told the AP. "What you want is your educated Han to increase their birth rate."
The Trump administration is weighing whether to take action against China over the camps.
President Trump signed a bill on June 17 to potentially sanction China over its numerous human rights abuses.
"Otherwise, China will resolutely take countermeasures, and all the consequences arising therefrom must be fully borne by the United States."
China has had laws capping the number of children a couple is allowed to have for decades, but newly revealed government documents and data show that the Chinese Communist Party has recently launched an aggressive, targeted enforcement of childbearing laws on Xinjiang's Uighurs and other minorities.
At the same time, Chinese officials have relaxed enforcement of childbearing laws on Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China.
"It links back to China's long history of dabbling in eugenics you don't want people who are poorly educated, marginal minorities breeding quickly," James Leibold, a La Trobe University scholar of Chinese ethnic, told the AP. "What you want is your educated Han to increase their birth rate."
The Trump administration is weighing whether to take action against China over the camps.
President Trump signed a bill on June 17 to potentially sanction China over its numerous human rights abuses.
"Otherwise, China will resolutely take countermeasures, and all the consequences arising therefrom must be fully borne by the United States."
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