China's 'relatives policy' emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghurs
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Updated: May 11, 2021 11:29 IST
Hong Kong, May 11 (ANI): China's 2016 'relatives policy', where Chinese government cadres are sent to live, work and sleep with families to promote national harmony in the country, has emerged as a major constituent of a broader crackdown on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
CNN reported that the Chinese media depicts the policy as a blend of community service and education by using rosy images of the home stay programme. However, several people who have fled Xinjiang said that the host families greeting each other as 'relatives' are actually hostages.