The communist regime in China has become more active on both Twitter and Facebook to spread propaganda and disinformation in order to silence international condemnation of its persecution against Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a recent report. The disinformation campaign was a joint effort between Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, China’s state-run media, and pro-CCP online actors, according to a report published by think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on March 30. The CCP is committing genocide against Uyghurs in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, subjecting them to forced sterilization, forced abortion, torture, forced labor, and the removal of children from their families. Additionally, the communist regime has detained more than one million Uyghurs in internment camps. Beijing has defended these camps as “vocational training centers.” On March 31, at a daily briefing, Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, defended the genocide charge as an “allegation …
China Relies on Twitter, Facebook to Counter International Criticism Over Xinjiang
April 12, 2021
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