Beijing is circumventing its own firewall to leverage YouTube, and profiting off its advertising service, in the battle to win hearts and minds in the West, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, named “China is using ethnic-minority influencers to spread its Xinjiang narrative on social media” and funded by…
YouTube Ads Are Funding Beijing’s Overseas Push to Change Hearts and Minds: Report
CCP State Media and Diplomats Used Social Media to Spread False Information About Xinjiang: Report
China’s diplomats and state media outlets are using social media platforms to manipulate public opinion and spread false information to divert international condemnation of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a new report found. A report released on July 20 by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found that since early 2020, the Chinese Communist Party…
#StopXinjiangRumors, Beijing’s Online Campaign to Whitewash Human Rights Abuses:Report
A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has found the Chinese Communist Party is looking to influence international perceptions of the Chinese regime’s policies in the Xinjiang region through social media. The campaign, which has featured videos from Uyghurs saying they’re happy with their life in the Xinjiang region, promoting Xinjiang as…
US Holocaust Museum Says CCP ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) said on Tuesday that the Chinese regime’s treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang may amount to genocide. A report released by the USHMM’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide on Tuesday details accounts of several former detainees of Xinjiang’s sprawling network of detention camps, where…
New Zealand Parliament Condemns China Over Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
The New Zealand parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion that declared China was committing severe human rights abuses on the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Politicians in parliament declared they were “gravely concerned about the severe human rights abuses taking place against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.” They…
Senior Chinese Diplomat Mocks Trudeau, Calls Him a ‘Running Dog’ to the US
The Chinese consul general in Brazil openly mocked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him a “running dog” to the U.S. government, and accusing him of ruining the friendly foreign relations between China and Canada. Li Yang, China’s highest-ranking diplomat in Rio de Janeiro, called Trudeau “boy” and a “spendthrift” in English on Twitter on March…
Senior Chinese Diplomat Mocks Trudeau
The Chinese consul general in Brazil openly mocked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him a “running dog” to the U.S. government, and accusing him of ruining the friendly foreign relations between China and Canada. Li Yang, China’s highest-ranking diplomat in Rio de Janeiro, called Trudeau “boy” and a “spendthrift” in English on Twitter on March…
US Religious-Rights Official Says She Is ‘Flattered’ To Be Target of China Sanctions
WASHINGTON—A U.S. religious-rights official said she was “flattered” to be the target of Chinese government sanctions stemming from a dispute between the two countries over Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, which Washington has described as a genocide. The United States on Saturday condemned China’s sanctions against two Americans and a Canadian lawmaker, which followed those…
Two Major Impacts of EU Sanctions on the Chinese Regime
Commentary On March 22, the European Union announced that it would impose sanctions on Chinese officials, including one entity, over Beijing’s serious human rights violations in Xinjiang. The sanctions were the first significant measures since the EU arms embargo was imposed on China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Four senior officials and one entity, the Public Security Bureau…
Canada Sanctions Chinese Officials for ‘Gross and Systematic’ Rights Violations Against Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Canada has announced sanctions against four officials and one entity in China “based on their participation in gross and systematic human rights violations” against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Global Affairs Canada said Monday that the measures, effective March 22, are being taken in co-ordination with the United States and the…
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