• The West has spent years accusing China of “genocide” in its western region of Xinjiang despite producing no evidence to substantiate such claims;

• China has since opened up Xinjiang to international tourism where people from around the globe including the West can see for themselves there is no “genocide;”

• The collective West now seeks to reassert control over the narrative by questioning travel vloggers reporting back from China regarding their experiences;

Western Media Urges Public: Believe Our Lies, Not Your Own Eyes (archived)

Sources:

Telegraph – The British travel bloggers ‘sugarcoating’ China’s Uyghur problem to the delight of Beijing (September 21, 2024)

BBC – Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? (September 2014)

AP – Trial resumes for suspects in 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing (November 2022)

AP – AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China (December 2017)

US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – 2019 DEMOCRACY AWARD RECIPIENT: WORLD UYGHUR CONGRESS (2019)

US NED – UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ACT BUILDS ON WORK OF NED GRANTEES (2020)

United Nations – EASTERN TURKISTAN ISLAMIC MOVEMENT (2011)

Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) – ASPI Funding (download ASPI Funding: 2022 ~ 2023)

NBC News – U.S. targets Chinese Uighur militants as well as Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (February 2018)

AP – Terror & tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains (October 2021)

Danny Haiphong – THIS is What I Found in Xinjiang CHINA: I was WARNED Not to Come Here (September 22, 2024)

In-depth Legal Rebuttals to US-funded Xinjiang Propaganda: Co-West-Pro – Home page

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