{"623294":{"#nid":"623294","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"China Hints at Xinjiang Policy Shift Ahead of Key Summit Chaired by Xi Jinping","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026nbsp;Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/dennis-lockhart\u0022\u003EF\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/wang\u0022\u003Eei-Ling Wang\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was quoted in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3018286\/beijing-lays-groundwork-ahead-xinjiang-policy-discussion\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;China Hints at Xinjiang Policy Shift Ahead of Key Summit Chaired by Xi Jinping\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in \u003Cem\u003ESouth China Morning Post,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EJuly 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Signs are emerging that Beijing may be preparing to hold a top policy meeting about the sensitive northwestern region of Xinjiang, where an estimated 1 million Uygur and other mostly Muslim minorities are reported to be held in internment camps.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChina\u0026rsquo;s state-run news agency Xinhua published a review on June 27 of the past five years in a move described as \u0026ldquo;preparing the ground\u0026rdquo; for the next Central Xinjiang Work Conference, which sets policy direction for the region.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Nunn School\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3018286\/beijing-lays-groundwork-ahead-xinjiang-policy-discussion\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-07-12 16:42:52","changed_gmt":"2019-07-12 16:42:52","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Kalina Paunovska","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3018286\/beijing-lays-groundwork-ahead-xinjiang-policy-discussion","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"574741":{"id":"574741","type":"image","title":"Fei-Ling Wang","body":null,"created":"1473436975","gmt_created":"2016-09-09 16:02:55","changed":"1475895383","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:23","alt":"Fei-Ling Wang","file":{"fid":"207184","name":"feilingwangweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feilingwangweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feilingwangweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52156,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/feilingwangweb.jpg?itok=EfFc5PHj"}}},"media_ids":["574741"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12187","name":"Fei-Ling Wang"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}