An Aussie retiree living in China who describes claims of ethnic cleansing of Uighur Muslims as “baloney” has emerged as a new star in Chinese state propaganda.
in June, Mr Grey said while he encountered heavy security and police checkpoints in Xinjiang, he saw no evidence of camps.
In that profile, which is still featured prominently on the website of the Communist Party mouthpiece under the headline “Australian offers candid observation of Xinjiang distinct from Western characterisations”, he also pushed back on claims that the Uighur culture and languageA screengrab of a video showing blindfolded and shackled Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang Province. Picture: YouTube“We went to a restaurant, where they had dancers,” he said.
The latter, he claims, is untrustworthy because it draws funding from weapons manufacturers like Lockheed-Martin. “How does the Chinese government handle it, how does the American government handle it? The American government goes out, drops bombs and shoots people – the Chinese government locks them up and educates them. Honestly, which is a better way?”
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