Good morning, its 8am in singapore, and midnight in london. New evidence of chinas crackdown on muslim minorities has been revealed in a leaked document seen by bbc news. The file sets out how the authorities decided the fate of more than 300 uighur detainees a fraction of the million or so held in secure facilities across the province of xinjiang. Chinese diplomats deny that beijing was targeting any specific religious or ethnic group. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been examining the document. For two years now, the bbc has reported on camps like these in western china where about a million uighurs and other muslim minorities have been detained without trial. China says the uighurs held here learn chinese and communist Party Doctrine as part of an attempt to combat extremism and terrorism. But a leaked document seen by the bbc suggests these camps are part of a comprehensive crackdown on religious practice. Across 137 pages, the spreadsheet sets out in huge detail w
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