According to the Associated Press, the ultimate aim of the Chinese government is probably to “erase their Islamic beliefs” and reshape the identities of these people in an Orwellian manner.

QUESTION: This is the AP's claim about Chinese government aims—worth probing the sourcing and counter-evidence.

QUESTION: This relies entirely on an AP attribution; worth verifying directly against the original AP reporting and any Chinese government statements before treating it as established.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 163