Tag: Uyghur

On June 29, 2020, the CIA-linked Jamestown Foundation—which was set up with the help of former CIA Director William Casey (1981-1987) and appointed ex-CIA Director James Woolsey (1993-1995) as Vice Chairman and former CIA Director Michael Hayden (2006-2009) to its board—published a “research report” by Adrian Zenz, which falsely accused the Chinese...

An on-the-ground account challenging Western propaganda Upon landing in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (commonly known as Xinjiang), it is evident that the Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority, call this home. As I exited the airport arrivals hall, I noticed a restaurant sign reading “EGG BOMB.” The...

On February 2nd, eagle-eyed pro-China activist Arnaud Bertrand revealed that WEghur Stories, a podcast “working to create a conversation within and about the global Uyghur diaspora” that has been aggressively promoted on Facebook and Spotify, is funded by Washington’s French diplomatic mission—and that John Bair, its co-creator, co-host and...