Without understanding the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), it is impossible to understand modern day Xinjiang.
Earlier this month, one of the most sanctioned men in China got a big promotion. Wang Junzheng was the party secretary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) — an organization integral to carrying out what U.S. officials have deemed a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in China — and, evidently, his higher-ups were impressed by his work. Despite sanctions from the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and the EU — all of which were intended to “discourage” Wang and “promote acc
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