Date of Award
Spring 5-2020
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science
Advisor/Committee Chair
Catharin Dalpino, M.A.
Abstract
The United States and China have a complex relationship that is influenced by security issues, climate change, combatting terrorism, strategic stability, and human rights violations. The United States has held the position that China is a crucial trading partner due to the vast level of economic interdependence between the two nations. However, the United States is a protector of human rights and has not shied away from intervening to protect persecuted religious groups from human rights violations. This paper seeks to distinguish the plight of the Uighur Muslim population in the Xinjiang province in China. It discusses how United States foreign policy statutes with China should be amended to alleviate the suffering of the Uighurs including diplomacy and sanctions.
Recommended Citation
Forbes, Divya, "U.S.- China Policy: How Mistreatment of the Uighurs Affects Foreign Policy" (2020). Political Science. 37.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_pos/37