Some biased Western media sources promoted the spread of the “forced labour” accusation by employing several tactics, including “criminalizing” the Chinese government, demonizing China’s poverty alleviation policies, stigmatizing assistance measures for transfer employment, distorting service work for labour transfer employment, and attacking China by citing misleading and tendentious claims, according to the article.
Tuersun Aibai also found that when hyping up the “forced labour” smear, a considerable number of the Xinjiang-related stories cited anti-China politicians and scholars to support their narratives, while lacking field research and in the absence of first-hand information.
“Their stories and quotes, without investigating the actual situation on the ground in Xinjiang, lack verifiability,” the expert wrote.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 