The BBC:
China has created a dystopian hellscape in Xinjiang, Amnesty report saysSeems a bit...harsh. Xinjiang looks all fine to me on any CGTN report I see.
And I did put the CGTN app on my Vivo phone recently. It works pretty well, although doesn't seem to have a search function beyond being to "Ask Panda" for some news from certain categories. The live feed of the TV network is fine, though. So anytime I need to watch a panel show about how great things are going in China, and how the West is not coping with its own problems, I can do so on my phone. (I was somewhat amused to find the app asked for permission to access my media files when I installed it. I declined that kind invitation, but it still works. Now it just keeps asking to access cache, or something. I'm still declining.)
I told my son that I downloaded the app so that in 10 years time, when we are stopped on the street by our new Han overlords, I will be able to flash my phone and show then I have been following CGTN for years, so obviously I am trustworthy and should be allowed on my way. As my son is taken to a re-education camp, I will say "told you so".
[Sounds like I'm making light of a serious situation re Xinjiang. I actually have been thinking for a long time, though, that the true situation is likely somewhere between the extremes of the reporting on this problem.]
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