Inside Xinjiang – The cultural erasure of the Uyghurs

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EXCLUSIVE – The Xinjiang region is a landlocked, sandy corner in northwest China where for centuries a history and culture has flourished among people living on the edge of the vast Taklamakan Desert.

But Chinese authorities have locked up more than a million people in fortified detention centres in the area.

The Telegraph criss-crossed Xinjiang over nine days to investigate China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs.

In this video series, we examine what’s happening now on the ground in Xinjiang.

Part 1 focuses on the culture erasure of the Uyghurs: how Beijing has begun erasing the rich cultural and religious heritage in Xinjiang to force the group to become more ‘Chinese’.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/11/hilton-hotel-built-xinjiang-china-bulldozes-mosque/

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1 thought on “Inside Xinjiang – The cultural erasure of the Uyghurs”

  1. These fake reports, videos are nothing but evil, bullying western Propaganda lies. How dare you go to a country, not knowing the true facts and insult them with your accusations and lies. Shame on you and how rude you are in showing no respect for the culture and the people living there. You don’t know the truth!. You should stop doing this and do your research first, instead of believing Adrian Zenz, BBC, NED, ASPI and Uighur activists living outside of China etc. Do your research into the ETIM terrorist attacks in Xinjiang up to 2014. And study why there has been no terrorist attacks since 2017! The west are only evil bullies and trouble makers. Look at the mess the US is in, the homeless, the jobless, drug abusers, human trafficking, bad (no) healthcare for the poor, everybody allowing to have guns, the forced labor in your prisons, racism towards the Black and Asian people. Look at your past, the killings of innocent Indians, stealing their land, stealing their children and putting them in orphanages. this counts for Canada and Australia as well. Shame on you. Look how you stole black people from Africa and making them into slaves. The same goes to the UK and some European countries. Look at the wars you caused in the middle east, murdering innocent people, look what you did in Vietnam with Agent Orange. Shame on you. Look how you tortured people in prisons in Iraq. China puts people and economic first. This is why they are making great progress. This is not the case in the US. They put their ego and interests outside of the US first. Stop projecting and blaming China for your own stupid system and mistakes. China does not interfere in the US way of life and government so stop interfering with their way of life. They are doing well now the last 40 years. Not perfect, they have learnt from their mistakes, but they are doing hundreds times better than the US. China doesn’t have hundreds military basis all over the world. Shame on you. Please do your best and do your research. And leave China alone. PLEASE.

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