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Research

The Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, an international, peer-reviewed scholarly publication, has released a groundbreaking report by VOC’s lead China expert, Dr. Adrian Zenz. The paper, Coercive Labor in the Cotton Harvest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Uzbekistan: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis of State-Sponsored Forced… Read More

Who was John Paul II? John Paul II is greatly remembered for his spiritual and political role in the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The impact that his words and courage brought to Poland during his 1979… Read More

Unemployment Monitoring and Early Warning: New Trends in Xinjiang’s Coercive Labor Placement Systems Early warning brief published with The Jamestown Foundation Summary Dr. Adrian Zenz is one of the world’s leading scholars on People’s Republic of China (PRC) government policies… Read More

Executive Summary The monograph Witold Pilecki – The Unsung Hero of Polish WWII Intelligence discusses the heroic life and achievements of a formidable Polish intelligence operator, Captain Witold Pilecki. He was the man who volunteered for Auschwitz to gather intelligence… Read More

Scholar Adrian Zenz’s Newly Released “Xinjiang Police Files” Affirm Scale of Campaign and Beijing’s Role in Shaping It Article published with ChinaFile, online magazine of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations Executive Summary From 2017, the Chinese government detained over… Read More

Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Peer reviewed academic article published with the Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies Executive Summary From 2017, the Chinese government detained over one million Uyghurs in Xinjiang… Read More

Executive Summary The dead donor rule is fundamental to transplant ethics. The rule states that organ procurement must not commence until the donor is both dead and formally pronounced so, and by the same token, that procurement of organs must… Read More

Executive Summary The US private sector increasingly finds itself at the heart of US-China geopolitical tension. In their endeavor to capture Chinese markets and boost their bottom lines, American corporations have increasingly supported Beijing’s military modernization, surveillance state, domestic securitization,… Read More