This short piece, bluntly entitled Xinjiang Urumqi July 5 Truth, is worth watching. It not only gives Beijing's official perspective of the events, but includes a lot of never before seen footage. The shots of the Han victims are pretty horrifying and sad, but that may be the intent of the editors.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Chinese government's take on July 2009 Xinjiang Uyghur riots
It seems China's CCTV has just set up a new Youtube channel with the specific intent of pushing a message of multi-ethnic unity onto the English speaking masses. Tibetan students are volunteering to help earthquake victims. Taiwan sent doctors to Qinghai. And otherwise peace-loving Uyghurs were brainwashed into becoming separatist criminals by terrorist mastermind Rebiya Kadeer.
This short piece, bluntly entitled Xinjiang Urumqi July 5 Truth, is worth watching. It not only gives Beijing's official perspective of the events, but includes a lot of never before seen footage. The shots of the Han victims are pretty horrifying and sad, but that may be the intent of the editors.
This short piece, bluntly entitled Xinjiang Urumqi July 5 Truth, is worth watching. It not only gives Beijing's official perspective of the events, but includes a lot of never before seen footage. The shots of the Han victims are pretty horrifying and sad, but that may be the intent of the editors.
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Central Asia,
Central Asia- Xinjiang
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