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World Bank scales back Uighur school project in China

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Media reported that a school in Xinjiang that benefited from the scheme bought 'barbed wire, gas launchers, and body armour'. While an internal review did not back the claim, World Bank is cutting funds as a 'precautionary measure'.

The World Bank announced Monday it was cutting back a vocational education project in China's Xinjiang province, even though an internal investigation did not back up claims the scheme was linked to the mistreatment of minority Muslim Uighurs.

"In light of the risks associated with the partner schools, which are widely dispersed and difficult to monitor, the scope and footprint of the project is being reduced," the World Bank said in a statement.World Bank funding to the five schools directly supported by the project will continue, under"enhanced supervision."

 

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