Uighyurs in china are specifically exempt from the one child policy to boost population growth and integration.
Uyghurs and ethnic minorities were exempt from the one child policy but now I believe it's the 2 child policy which applies to everyone.
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His estimate was completely separate from the CHRD one. He initially based his estimate of "just over a million" (https://jamestown.org/program/evidence-for-chinas-political-re-education-campaign-in-xinjiang/) off of a Newsweek Japan report (https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/world/2018/03/89-3_1.php) that cites a report by Istiqlal TV, a Uyghur exile media organization based in Turkey that pushes for separatism.
Later on, he would bump the number up to 1.5 million (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-rights/15-million-muslims-could-be-detained-in-chinas-xinjiang-academic-idUSKCN1QU2MQ) and then 1.8 million (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detainees-11232019223242.html)
Uyghurs and ethnic minorities were exempt from the one child policy but now I believe it's the 2 child policy which applies to everyone.
His estimate was completely separate from the CHRD one. He initially based his estimate of "just over a million" (https://jamestown.org/program/evidence-for-chinas-political-re-education-campaign-in-xinjiang/) off of a Newsweek Japan report (https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/world/2018/03/89-3_1.php) that cites a report by Istiqlal TV, a Uyghur exile media organization based in Turkey that pushes for separatism.
Later on, he would bump the number up to 1.5 million (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-rights/15-million-muslims-could-be-detained-in-chinas-xinjiang-academic-idUSKCN1QU2MQ) and then 1.8 million (https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detainees-11232019223242.html)
TBF if they really are victims of communism then you have to count them using the same methodology as the black book.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20180302205332/http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2015-12/27/c_134955448.htm
Can't find a more detailed source that makes it more clear about whether or not affirmative action still applies though.