China’s Use of Expat Uyghurs in CCP Centenary Propaganda Sparks Backlash

June 30, 2021

A Chinese government campaign using Uyghur expatriates to make pro-China videos and comments on social media platforms to mark the July 1 centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been met with contempt by activists and netizens from the Uyghur diaspora.

Posts, videos, and photos on WeChat, TikTok, and Instagram featuring ethnic Uyghurs praising the Chinese government’s policies in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have rankled Uyghurs with family members in the region’s vast internment camp system that has brought international accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity.

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