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China’s foreign ministry has denied claims from an Australian thinktank that it had destroyed thousands of mosques in its western Xinjiang region. Key points: China says there are more than 10 times the amount of mosques in Xinjiang than there are in the US The research says the mosques were destroyed as part of a plan to erase Uyghur language and culture China has denied mistreating Uyghurs and calls the report “lies†and “slanderous rumours†In responding to the Thursday release of The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) report, China said there were more than 24,000 mosques in the region,...
