According to Larus Chapter 5, the Chinese Constitution protects freedom of religion and expression, so then why is the Chinese government taking extraordinary steps to repress religious activity by the Uyghurs (a Turkic Muslim people living in Xinjiang) and to prevent the expansion of political experession in Hong Kong?

In your 300-word response, bring in the Larus text as well as this Xinjiang video (Links to an external site.) and this Hong Kong video (Links to an external site.) .

Additional background about Xinjiang can be found here https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-repression-uyghurs-xinjiang (Links to an external site.) and about Hong Kong here https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/hong-kong-freedoms-democracy-protests-china-crackdown (Links to an external site.) and here Hong Kong’s relationship with China explained (Links to an external site.)

For full credit, be sure to cite the text and videos and respond to a classmate.