{"product_id":"those-who-should-be-seized-should-be-seized-chinas-relentless-persecution-of-uyghurs-and-other-ethnic-minorities-hardcover","title":"Those Who Should Be Seized Should Be Seized: China's Relentless Persecution of Uyghurs and Other Ethnic Minorities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Beck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shocking, on-the-ground investigation of the Chinese government's brutal oppression of its Muslim citizens -- the Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and others -- from Xinjiang to the streets of New York and Washington, DC . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning journalist John Beck recounts China's persecution of the predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and its relentless pursuit of the few who escaped beyond its borders. Through intertwined literary narratives combined with snippets of original source material, including official directives and speeches, he pieces together the individual stories of what consecutive American administrations have described as genocide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe narrative moves from China to Kazakhstan, Turkey and the US, incorporating the tensions, discrimination, and occasional violence that characterised life in Xinjiang for decades. But when Xi Jinping is appointed President in 2013, the creeping repression quickly escalates into a crackdown of unprecedented scope and severity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeck follows 4 characters: a Kazakh writer and an Uyghur nurse who survived re-education camps before ultimately escaping abroad, a human rights advocate involved in securing their release, and an inadvertent exile spied on by Chinese authorities as his family back home was used as leverage against him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough their stories, the book explores identity, dehumanization, and censorship, the force of literature in dark times, and an all-pervasive apparatus of repression able to exist within miles of the White House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Beck lived in Istanbul for a number of years, where he was in close contact with the city's Uyghur diaspora and wrote on the crackdown and related issues for publications including \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic.\u003c\/i\u003e Some of that work forms the basis of this book along with further reporting from Almaty, Kazakhstan, Virginia, and New York.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Beck\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist focused on conflict and human rights issues, whose writing has appeared in\u003ci\u003e GQ, Harper's, Wired, Businessweek, National Geographic, The Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e He won the 2017 Kurt Schork Memorial Award as well as the 2019 Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism fellowship, and has been shortlisted for the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents, Amnesty International Media Awards, among others. Based in New York, he is a Pulitzer Centre for Crisis Reporting grantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733195616563,"sku":"9781685891794","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/AcBnPGJDMG9781685891794.webp?v=1763920731","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/those-who-should-be-seized-should-be-seized-chinas-relentless-persecution-of-uyghurs-and-other-ethnic-minorities-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}