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| <blockquote>''This article is focused on the categorization of anti-terrorist policies in Xinjiang as genocidal; for an examination of those policies, see [[Xinjiang Vocational Education and Training Centers]]''</blockquote>The so-called '''Uyghur genocide''' is an [[Imperialism|imperialist]] myth propagated by the [[Government of the United States of America|U.S. government]] since 2017. It claims that the [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] government is committing [[genocide]] against the Uyghur people of the [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]]. However, the Uyghur population has been steadily increasing and grew by more than 25% between 2010 and 2018 even though the total population of Xinjiang only rose by 13.99%. The Uyghur population is growing faster than Han Chinese (2%) or other ethnic minorities (22.14%).<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[CGTN]]|title=Fact Check: Lies on Xinjiang-related issues vs. the truth|date=2021-02-06|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-06/Fact-Check-Lies-on-Xinjiang-related-issues-vs-the-truth-XEFuvz6b84/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409220731/https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-02-06/Fact-Check-Lies-on-Xinjiang-related-issues-vs-the-truth-XEFuvz6b84/index.html|archive-date=2023-04-09|retrieved=2023-04-23}}</ref> Chinese protections of [[Islam]] have been reputed to be contested by some citizens as suggesting preferential treatment, refuting the claim that the China's policies are anti-Islam.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Business Standard|title=Use of anti-Islam words to defame Muslims banned on Chinese social media|date=2019-11-26|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/use-of-anti-islam-words-to-defame-muslims-banned-on-chinese-social-media-117092100457_1.html}}</ref> China has roughly 54 other ethnic groups which have been relatively unscathed, including other Muslim-majority ethnic groups such as the Hui ethnic group, which is larger than the Uyghur population. In 2019, almost 1,000 diplomats and journalists from many countries as well as the [[United Nations|UN]], [[European Union|EU]], [[Arab League]], [[African Union]], and [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] visited Xinjiang and found no evidence of genocide.<ref name=":02" /> In response to the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]]'s claims of genocide in Xinjiang, people from all walks of life in the region submitted at least 450 written responses and 345 videos condemning the comments as untrue and harmful.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Qiao Collective|title=Xinjiang Responds|url=https://www.qiaocollective.com/xinjiang-responds}}</ref>
| | #REDIRECT [[Xinjiang Vocational Education and Training Centers]] |
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| == Sources of claims ==
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| === Adrian Zenz ===
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| [[Adrian Zenz]] is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Racism|racist]] connected to the [[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]], which is controlled by the U.S. government. He claimed that Xinjiang is forcibly sterilizing Uyghur women with IUDs. In fact, only 328,475 of China's total 3,774,318 IUDs were in Xinjiang.<ref name=":0" /> In September 2018, he said there were about 1,060,000 Uyghurs in [[Xinjiang Vocational Education and Training Centers|re-education camps]]. This number is based on anonymous interviews with only eight people.<ref name=":02">{{News citation|newspaper=[[Qiao Collective]]|title=Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation|date=2021-09-21|url=https://www.qiaocollective.com/education/xinjiang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620004209/https://www.qiaocollective.com/education/xinjiang|archive-date=2022-06-20|retrieved=2022-06-24}}</ref> In his initial report for the ~1M estimate, [[Radio Free Asia]] is cited four times, and the estimate is only mentioned on (pp. 21-2). Zenz finds this number by roughly extrapolating a “leaked” report by Newsweek Japan (affiliated with Newsweek Inc.).<ref>{{Citation|author=Adrian Zenz|year=2018|title=‘Thoroughly reforming them towards a healthy heart attitude’: China’s political re-education campaign in Xinjiang|doi=https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2018.1507997}}</ref> This report came from “Istekral TV”, which frequently platforms the terrorist organization ETIM—the report was never confirmed.
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| On May 4, 2022, the BBC posted [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8df450b3-5d6d-4ed8-bdcc-bd99137eadc3 an article] detailing what they termed the "Xinjiang Police Files", a collection of documents and other resources which purportedly proved accusations of maltreatment against Uyghurs. The documents were allegedly provided by an anonymous source to Adrian Zenz, who then gave them to the BBC. The documents in fact showed many Uyghurs working at the centers and that the centers had some Han Chinese detainees. Many articles used images of guns as a scare tactic without noting that these were images of security drills and that the magazines were empty. The articles associated with the files whitewashed the crimes of genuine ETIM members who had been a party in bombings such as Yusup Ismayil (with text placed over an image of Yusup reading "many have been detained just for ordinary, outward signs of their Islamic faith or for visiting countries with majority Muslim populations", with no citation for this claim).<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Yin Sura|newspaper=Mango Press|title=The Xinjiang Police Files Are Actually Boring: Zenz's Reality Warping|date=2022-06-12|url=https://archive.is/jeCII}}</ref> The Xinjiang Police Files "key documents" file metadata showed that Adrian Zenz and [[Ilshat Kobor]] (of the [[Uyghur American Association]]) had modified them, with metadata information being removed soon after release. The XPF website also posted demographic data, of which the number of male and female detainees added up to over the stated total in the same data.<ref name=":1" />
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| === Zamira Dawut ===
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| [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] claimed that Zamira Dawut was sterilized at a vocational center. Her brother, Abduhelil, said she had never been to a vocational center. Zamira said her father was arrested multiple times and then died of unknown causes. In reality, he was never arrested or even investigated and died of heart disease on 2019 October 12.<ref name=":0" />
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| === ''The New York Times'' ===
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| On 2019 November 16, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on supposed leaked documents on Xinjiang. State media was quick to assert that these documents were not authentic, calling them "fabricated."<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Global Times|title=新疆政府新闻发言人驳斥纽约时报涉疆虚假报道|date=2019-11-19|url=http://news.china.com.cn/2019-11/19/content_75422796.htm}}</ref> Grammatical errors indicated that the documents were fake and likely translated from English to Chinese, with users further noting that the "leaked" docs did not correspond to the formatting standards of Chinese government documents (GB/T9704).<ref name=":02" />
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| == International visits to Xinjiang ==
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| === Diplomats ===
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| In 2018 December, diplomats from [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021)|Afghanistan]], [[Republic of India|India]], [[Republic of Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[Republic of Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]], [[State of Kuwait|Kuwait]], [[Kyrgyz Republic|Kyrgyzstan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[Republic of Tajikistan|Tajikistan]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Thailand]], and [[Republic of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] visited Xinjiang and had full access to vocational training centers. They found no evidence of [[Slavery|forced labor]] or cultural or religious oppression.
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| On 2019 January 29, an EU delegation visited. On February 25, about 200 representatives of 50 political parties from almost 30 countries visited Ürümqi. On February 28, diplomats from [[People's Democratic Republic of Algeria|Algeria]], [[Republic of the Union of Myanmar|Burma]], [[Hellenic Republic|Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Kingdom of Morocco|Morocco]], [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]], and the Arab League visited. China offered to let the EU visit again in March, but it declined. On March 27, the [[Republic of Albania|Albanian]] and [[Republic of Serbia|Serbian]] ambassadors to China ([[Selim Belortaja]] and [[Milan Bačević]]) visited. On June 15, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov visited Xinjiang. Between June 18 and 21, diplomats from Algeria, [[Burkina Faso]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]], [[Lao People's Democratic Republic|Laos]], Malaysia, [[Federal Republic of Nigeria|Nigeria]], Serbia, [[Federal Republic of Somalia|Somalia]], Tajikistan, [[Togolese Republic|Togo]], and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation visited. On August 19, diplomats from [[Kingdom of Bahrain|Bahrain]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia|Cambodia]], [[Lao People's Democratic Republic|Laos]], [[Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal|Nepal]], [[Federal Republic of Nigeria|Nigeria]], the [[Republic of the Philippines|Philippines]], and [[Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] visited. In September, diplomats from the African Union and 16 African countries, including [[Republic of Burundi|Burundi]], [[Republic of Djibouti|Djibouti]], [[Lesotho]], [[Republic of the Sudan|Sudan]], [[Republic of Uganda|Uganda]], and [[Republic of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]] visited. In November, [[Fahri Hamzah]], former Deputy Speaker of the [[Republic of Indonesia|Indonesian]] House of Representatives, visited Xinjiang. On November 11, the [[The World Bank|World Bank]] visited Xinjiang and found no abnormalities in the vocational centers.<ref name=":02" />
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| === Media ===
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| On 2019 January 6, [[Reuters]] visited Xinjiang. Starting on January 9, 12 media representatives from Afghanistan, [[People's Republic of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], [[Arab Republic of Egypt|Egypt]], Sri Lanka, and [[Republic of Türkiye|Turkey]] visited. Another media delegation from Egypt visited on January 29. On February 22, 11 journalists from Indonesia and Malaysia visited. On 2019 May 7, [[National Public Radio|NPR]] released its report on a visit to a vocational center. On 2019 June 18, [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] visited a vocational center. Starting on July 14, journalists from 24 countries, including [[Republic of India|India]], [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]], [[Italian Republic|Italy]], [[Japan]], Pakistan, [[Russian Federation|Russia]], [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], Thailand, Turkey, the [[United States of America|USA]], and Uzbekistan visited Xinjiang. On August 17, a media group from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, [[State of Qatar|Qatar]], Russia, Turkey, and the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]] visited. On August 29, [[ABC News]] visited a vocational center.<ref name=":02" /> On October 10, 2021, as Xinjiang was slowly opening for tourism, the [[Associated Press]] traveled to Xinjiang in order to investigate the measures taken by the government. They concluded that the genocidal policies had existed at some point but had been done away with before the opening measures, although the article still critiqued certain things they felt stifled Uyghur culture.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Dake Kang|newspaper=The Associated Press|title=Terror & tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains|date=2021-10-10|url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9}}</ref> A response was posted afterwards by ''The New Atlas'' which bemoaned several of the article's pretensions.<ref>{{YouTube citation|url=https://youtu.be/78s7yP2BdF0|channel=The New Atlas|title=AP News Confirms NO Uyghur Genocide in Xinjiang China}}</ref>
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| == International reactions ==
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| [[File:A HRC 41 G 11 and 17.png|thumb|361x361px|UN Human Rights Council resolutions 41/G/11 (blue) criticizing China and 41/G/17 (red) supporting China.]]
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| [[File:A C3 74 SR37.png|thumb|364x364px|UN General Assembly resolution SR.37]]
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| In 2019 July, the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council met and voted on two opposing letters regarding Xinjiang. 50 countries voted in favor of China's policies and 22 voted against.
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| On 2019 October 29, at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, 24 countries and the EU criticized China and 57 countries supported China.<ref name=":02" />
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Economic and cultural developments in Xinjiang]]
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| * [[Xinjiang Vocational Education and Training Centers]]
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| * [[World Uyghur Congress]]
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| == Further reading ==
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| * [https://www.qiaocollective.com/education/xinjiang Xinjiang: A Report and Resource Compilation] by [[Qiao Collective]]
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| * [https://www.cowestpro.co/papers.html Working Papers] by [https://www.cowestpro.co/ Co-West-Pro]
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| * [https://medium.com/@sunfeiyang/breaking-down-the-bbcs-visit-to-hotan-xinjiang-e284934a7aab Breaking down the BBC’s visit to Hotan, Xinjiang]
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| * [https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-28/We-found-the-people-who-went-missing-in-Xinjiang--MNn7df5TkA/index.html We found the people who 'went missing' in Xinjiang] by [https://www.cgtn.com/ CGTN]
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Debunking myths]]
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| [[Category:Genocide]]
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| [[Category:People's Republic of China]]
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| [[Category:Imperialist propaganda]]
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