Adrian Zenz


Adrian Zenz is a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington and supervises doctoral students at the European School of Culture and Theology in Korntal, Germany. His research focus is on China’s ethnic policy, public recruitment in Tibet and Xinjiang, Beijing’s internment campaign in Xinjiang, and China’s domestic security budgets. Zenz is the author of Tibetanness Under Threat: Neo-Integrationism, Minority Education, and Career Strategies in Qinghai, P.R. China and co-editor of Mapping Amdo: Dynamics of Change. He has played a leading role in the analysis of leaked Chinese government documents, including the “China Cables” and the “Karakax list.” Zenz is an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and a frequent contributor to international media.

Articles by Adrian Zenz
A man walks outside between two walls formed by tall, white stacks of cotton bales that tower over him.
A man walks outside between two walls formed by tall, white stacks of cotton bales that tower over him.
Uyghurs demonstrate in London.
Uyghurs demonstrate in London.
Uighur children joke as they taunt a local police officer in Xinjiang
Uighur children joke as they taunt a local police officer in Xinjiang
A farmer transports cotton sacks at a cotton factory in Shihezi in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
A farmer transports cotton sacks at a cotton factory in Shihezi in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region