It is 4 30 a. M. , and it is time to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The Chinese Government goes to extraordinary lengths to control its own population. Perhaps the most extreme example, xinjiang, where muslim uighur people have faced systematic repression. But the principal of authoritarian control runs much deeper. My guest today is wuer kaixi, a political dissident in exile, part of the 1989 tiananmen generation. He is himself a uighur. Has beijing effectively snuffed out the spirit of tiananmen . Wuer kaixi in taiwan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me back. It is a pleasure to have you on the show. I think we must begin with what is happening in xinjiang, particularly to the uighur muslim communities in xinjiang. There is a rising level of International Condemnation at what the Chinese Government is doing. As you watch this situation very closely, do you see any sign china is modifying its policies . Small signs here and there, but
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its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The Chinese Government goes to extraordinary lengths to control its own population. Perhaps the most extreme example, xinjiang, where muslim uighur people have faced systematic repression. But the principal of autho
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