Key highlights of the report:
- “Law-based de-radicalisation” in Xinjiang has curbed the rise and spread of religious extremism. 1,588 terrorist gangs have been crushed and 12,995 terrorists seized since 2014.
- It sought to underplay Islam’s role in the region’s historical makeup, saying that while “Xinjiang received the influence of Islamic culture, but the fact that Xinjiang’s culture is merely a facet of Chinese culture. Islam is not the natural faith of the Uighurs and other ethnicities, nor is it their only faith.
- Extremists there have ties to foreign terror groups but have given little evidence to support that.
