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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Zenz is a [[Born again|born-again Christian]]. He stated he feels he's "led by God" in his mission. <ref name="WSJ2019">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-german-data-diver-who-exposed-chinas-muslim-crackdown-11558431005 |title=The German Data Diver Who Exposed China's Muslim Crackdown |last=Chin |first=Josh |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=21 May 2019 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}</ref>.
Zenz is a [[Born again|born-again Christian]]. He stated he feels he's "led by God" in his mission.<ref name="WSJ2019">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-german-data-diver-who-exposed-chinas-muslim-crackdown-11558431005 |title=The German Data Diver Who Exposed China's Muslim Crackdown |last=Chin |first=Josh |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=21 May 2019 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:12, 29 June 2020

Adrian Zenz
NationalityGerman[1]
Known forResearch on Xinjiang re-education camps

Adrian Zenz is a German anthropologist known for his studies on Xinjiang re-education camps. He is a lecturer in social research methodology at the European School of Culture and Theology [de][2] and a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.[3]

Research

In 2010, Zenz conducted fieldwork in Qinghai province on Tibetan minority education.

In 2019, Zenz studied the mass detention of Uyghurs in re-education camps in Xinjiang based on Chinese government documents and spreadsheets pointing toward factories with interned workers from the internment camps.[3] In July 2019, Zenz published a study giving a speculative upper limit to the number of people detained in Xinjiang re-education camps at 1.5 million.[4] In November 2019, Zenz estimated that the number of internment camps in Xinjiang had surpassed 1,000.[5]

Personal life

Zenz is a born-again Christian. He stated he feels he's "led by God" in his mission.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chin, Josh (21 May 2019). "The German Data Diver Who Exposed China's Muslim Crackdown". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ Tiezzi, Shannon (1 December 2018). "Adrian Zenz on China's Xinjiang Re-Education Campaign". The Diplomat. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Editorial Board (16 December 2019). "China appears to add a sickening new dimension to its treatment of Uighurs". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ Zenz, Adrian. "Brainwashing, Police Guards and Coercive Internment: Evidence from Chinese Government Documents about the Nature and Extent of Xinjiang's "Vocational Training Internment Camps"". Journal of Political Risk. 7 (7). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ Lipes, Joshua (12 November 2019). "Expert Estimates China Has More Than 1,000 Internment Camps For Xinjiang Uyghurs". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

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