Darren Byler describes himself as an Assistant Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University, where his teaching and research focus is on the technology and politics of urban life in Northwest China and Southeast Asia. His writing has appeared in Logic, Guardian, and ChinaFile, among other publications.

A quick perusal of his works will clearly identify that he has a strong anti-China orientation.

Examples of his works:

• ‘Ethnic extinction’ in northwest China, 2001
• The Reciter: A Uyghur family’s pride — and downfall
• The ‘bright future’ of Chinese life in Xinjiang