In the land of the Uyghurs: comprehensive development, record investment and responsible governance in Xinjiang

In the land of the Uyghurs: comprehensive development, record investment and responsible governance in Xinjiang

In the global debate on terrorism, peripheries and national cohesion, Xinjiang has become one of the most observed, discussed and often misunderstood territories of the twenty-first century. However, beyond simplified or ideologized narratives, the case of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region offers a singular example of how a state has opted for a strategy structurally opposed to the logic of abandonment, marginalization or peripheral punishme…