BEIJING ¨C China¡¯s birth control policies could cut between 2.6 million and 4.5 million births among Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang within 20 years ¡ª up to a third of the region¡¯s projected minority population ¡ª according to a new analysis by a German researcher.
The report, shared with Reuters ahead of publication, also includes a previously unreported cache of research produced by Chinese academics and officials on Beijing¡¯s intent behind the birth control policies in Xinjiang, where official data shows birth rates already dropped by 48.7% between 2017 and 2019.
Adrian Zenz¡¯s research comes amid growing calls among some western countries for an investigation into whether China¡¯s actions in Xinjiang amount to genocide, a charge Beijing vehemently denies.
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