Australia: Chinese Communist Party press conference propaganda downplays abuses against Uighurs

Andrés Vacca | TheBL 04/08/21, 16:29 Journalists watching a CCP propaganda video about Xinjiang province at the Chinese Embassy in Australia with Chinese Ambassador Cheng Jingye on April 7, 2021. (Twitter/@DouglasChalmer4) The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) embassy in Australia held a two-hour press conference on Wednesday. In a typical communist propaganda event, its sole purpose was concocting an "optimistic" and "cheerful" picture of the situation in Xinjiang and at the same time, issuing a warning to Australia which is joining the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, and the United States in complaining to China about increasing allegations of persecution…