EXCLUSIVE - The Xinjiang region is a landlocked, sandy corner in northwest China where for centuries a history and culture has flourished among people living on the edge of the vast Taklamakan Desert.

But Chinese authorities have locked up more than a million people in fortified detention centres in the area.

The Telegraph criss-crossed Xinjiang over nine days to investigate China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs.

In this video series, we examine what’s happening now on the ground in Xinjiang.

Part 1 focuses on the culture erasure of the Uyghurs: how Beijing has begun erasing the rich cultural and religious heritage in Xinjiang to force the group to become more ‘Chinese’.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/11/hilton-hotel-built-xinjiang-china-bulldozes-mosque/

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