`Show no mercy`: leaked documents reveal details of China`s Xinjiang detentions
(The Guardian China)

More than 400 pages leaked to New York Times by Chinese political insider document brutal crackdown on Muslim minorityHundreds of pages of leaked internal government documents reveal how China´s mass detention of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang came from directives by Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, to `show absolutely no mercy` in the `struggle against terrorism, infiltration and separatism`.More than 400 pages of documents obtained by the New York Times show the government was aware its campaign of mass internment would tear families apart and could provoke backlash if it became widely known. Related: `Think of your family`: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests Continue reading...