What can end China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims?

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U.S. politicians are sending one of their strongest ever warnings to China over the crackdown on Uighur people. More than a million of the muslim ethnic minority have been imprisoned in what leaders describe as 'vocational training' camps. The government says inmates are there voluntarily to renounce so-called extremist thoughts. However, rights groups label the 're-education camps' in Xinjiang Province as prisons, saying they're part of a systematic campaign to strip the muslims of their identity and culture. China is condemning a U.S. bill demanding the closure of the camps, and sanctions against Communist party leaders. Will this measure change anything for the Uighurs? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Max OIdtmann - Professor of modern Chinese history at Georgetown University in Qatar Olsi Jazexhi - Lecturer at the University of Durres in Albania who has visited Uighar camps in Xinjiang Andy Mok - Senior Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/