India, Sept. 29 -- Beijing's systematic repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang is not merely a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a strategic challenge with profound implications for India's national security. The Chinese Communist Party's campaign of mass detention, coercive labour, and demographic engineering extends well beyond cultural genocide: it creates spillover risks of radicalisation, embeds forced labour into global supply chains, and militarises infrastructure corridors that cut directly across India's disputed frontiers.

In August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its long-awaited report on Xinjiang. After an extensive review of documentary evidence and testimonies, the report concluded t...