The aim of this thesis is to make a comparative analysis of  the current stage of international intervention regarding the cultural genocide of the Ughuyrs in the Xinjiang region. More specifically, this thesis will address the contributing factors to the different means of intervention through Ian Manners’ ‘Normative Power Europe’. To be able to examine the current stage of international intervention,two questions are asked;

 -  In what way has the EU used normative power to affect China's politics towards the   Uyghurs?

- To what extent has Sweden and Germany, as individual countries, exercised normative power to affect China’s politics towards the Uyghurs?

The method used in this thesis is a qualitative method in the form of case studies. The case studies will include information regarding how  the respective parties have used normative power to affect China's politics towards the Uyghurs as well as possible future actions. 

The results show that the EU has used normative power through diplomatic discussions and the implementation of sanctions. Sweden and Germany as individual countries however, use normative power restrictively in their individual countries but far more substantially through the EU.