EditorialA device for facial recognition at the entrance of a primary school in Hotan, in the western region of Xinjiang, China, on Dec. 11, 2019. (Giulia Marchi/The New York Times)
EditorialA dormitory for women in an indoctrination center for ethnic Uyghurs in Hotan, in the Xinjiang region of China, on Aug. 4, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialA Uyghur child doing his Chinese homework at a bus stop in Hotan, in the Xinjiang region of China, on Dec. 11, 2019. (Giulia Marchi/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image of Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in a carpet store in Hotan, a town in Xinjiang in China’s west, Aug. 3, 2019. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image of Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in a carpet store in Hotan, a town in Xinjiang in China’s west, Aug. 3, 2019. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialA security checkpoint equipped with facial recognition at the entrance to a park, in Hotan, in western China, Aug. 1, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialA security checkpoint equipped with facial recognition technology in Hotan, in China's Xinjiang province, Aug. 3 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)