Dozens of listings on the Chinese version of Airbnb openly discriminate against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other ethnic minorities by barring them from renting rooms. The revelation comes as Airbnb is making a high-profile push into the country. Dozens of listings on the Chinese version of Airbnb openly discriminate against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other ethnic minorities by barring them from renting rooms. The revelation comes as Airbnb is making a high-profile push into the country. Want to book a comfortable two-bedroom apartment in the central city of Chongqing? That’s fine, unless you are Uyghur, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority from China’s far Western region of Xinjiang who are currently the victims of a campaign of mass detentions.
