China uses disinformation campaigns and social media to spread its myths related to Xinjiang

Governments, corporations, and civil society organizations around the world are successfully silenced by the Chinese Communist Party's information operations, preventing them from criticizing the CCP's record on human rights and its activities in Xinjiang. According to Tilla Hoja and Albert Zhang, researchers at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's (ASPI) International Cyber Policy Centre, China's media operations are stifling and swaying opinions about Xinjiang across the globe. Instead of treating Uyghurs and other Turkic minority better, the CCP is disseminating its chosen narratives about Xinjiang and influencing unwary audiences around the world. The CCP is responding to critiques of its human…