In her new book “Our Hearts Burned for Home,” Emily Feng tells the story of how thousands of Uyghur exiles who fled China’s repression and surveillance ended up fighting in the Syria civil war. She profiles a number of Uyghurs who became an important fighting force that helped bring down the Assad regime.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Feng, who is an NPR White House correspondent and former China correspondent.
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