The vast province of Xinjiang in China’s far west has become the site of a dystopian surveillance state over the past several years. The Chinese government has created mass detention camps, initiated a comprehensive sterilization program, destroyed mosques and effectively banned various Muslim practices. This ruthless and multi-year effort to bring complete control over the politically restless but strategically important mineral-rich region shows the Chinese government’s willingness to go to extreme lengths to achieve its strategic interests, none of which is more important than maintaining single-party rule of the Chinese Communist Party