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Efforts to reshape online narratives around Uyghur Muslims come as Beijing faces pressure over policies, including calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics
First Detention, Now Demolition: China Remakes Its Muslim Region
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First Detention, Now Demolition: China Remakes Its Muslim Region
After locking up as many as a million people in camps in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are destroying Uighur neighborhoods and purging the region's culture. They say they’re fighting terrorism. Their aim: to engineer a society loyal to Beijing. Photo illustration: Sharon Shi. Video: Clément Bürge (Video from 3/20/19)
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Eva Xiao
March 30, 2021 6:43 am ET
The frequency of tweets about Xinjiang from Chinese state media and diplomatic Twitter accounts increased to an average of nearly 500 tweets per month in 2020, up from about 280 per month the prior year, according to new research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
On Facebook, the group found, public pages operated by Chinese state media were some of the most popular sources for posts on Xinjiang.
Over the past few years, Chinese officials have dismissed reports by international journalists, firsthand accounts by former detainees and their family members, and government documents showing the internment and repression of mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang as an effort to smear China.
Instead, the Chinese government has pushed an alternative story: that the region’s vast network of internment camps are vocational training centers, and that Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities there are happy citizens who can live their lives freely.
First Detention, Now Demolition: China Remakes Its Muslim Region
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First Detention, Now Demolition: China Remakes Its Muslim Region
After locking up as many as a million people in camps in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are destroying Uighur neighborhoods and purging the region's culture. They say they’re fighting terrorism. Their aim: to engineer a society loyal to Beijing. Photo illustration: Sharon Shi. Video: Clément Bürge (Video from 3/20/19)
By
Eva Xiao
March 30, 2021 6:43 am ET
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The frequency of tweets about Xinjiang from Chinese state media and diplomatic Twitter accounts increased to an average of nearly 500 tweets per month in 2020, up from about 280 per month the prior year, according to new research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
On Facebook, the group found, public pages operated by Chinese state media were some of the most popular sources for posts on Xinjiang.
Over the past few years, Chinese officials have dismissed reports by international journalists, firsthand accounts by former detainees and their family members, and government documents showing the internment and repression of mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang as an effort to smear China.
Instead, the Chinese government has pushed an alternative story: that the region’s vast network of internment camps are vocational training centers, and that Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities there are happy citizens who can live their lives freely.
China Used Twitter, Facebook More Than Ever Last Year for Xinjiang Propaganda
Activity by Chinese state media and diplomats on the social media platforms rose, as Beijing pushed an alternative narrative about its policies in Xinjiang toward Uyghur Muslims.
www.wsj.com