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Sep 2018
28m 40s

Brainwashing, Legal Brothels and Hair Tr...

Bbc Radio 4
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<p>Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs? Kate Adie introduces stories and insights from correspondents around the world: John Sweeney meets two men who say they fled China after seeing inside a ’re-education camp' in the north-west province of Xinjiang. It’s claimed that up to a million Uyghur people may be incarcerated in similar camps. Lucy Ash me ... Show More
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