Claims have been made, many by Uyghur activists, that genocide is occurring in Xinjiang at the behest of government policy. Many of these claims relate to:

• Claims regarding sterilisation and / or forced UID insertion
• Influx of 'Han' Chinese into ethnic minority areas, especially Xinjiang
• Forced marriages between Han and ethnic minorities to 'dilute' ethnic identity
• Prevention of traditional ethnic practices, especially religion

The narrative of ethnic erasure through marriage attempts to create a sense that government policy seeks to promote inter ethnic marriage as a means to dilute or remove ethnic identity, thus reducing the possible conflict between minorities and 'Han' Chinese and suppressing

Uyghur love in a time of interethnic marriage by Darren Byler