The western media can only claim that they got those imformation from "eye witnesses" and fudge 1 million -1 billion numbers by "estimation". when you go to Kashmir, Palestine you see daily riots and clashed between armies and civilians and those regions look literally war zones. You see no development of anything there.
You come to Xinjinag, beside those "eye witnesses", you see peace anf stablity, people enjoy their lives on the streets and at home, you see world top class infrastructure, highways, high speed railways, airports , bridges, railway stations, subways, hospitals, schools, theaters,parks...
You eyes usually won't fool you, but your ears will.
People are here, lots of them