British travel bloggers have been blasted for sugarcoating China‘s Uyghur human rights problem while claiming they are exposing Western media lies about Xianjiang.
The Chinese region, which currently holds over one million Uyghurs in re-education camps, has been seen receiving a positive reception from influencers, as they make their way through the province that is usually shut off from journalists.
Foreign vloggers are welcomed with open arms by the Chinese government, to the the region where Western governments and rights groups have accused authorities of subjecting Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups to alleged genocide, state-imposed forced labor, and crimes against humanity.
Horrifying reports have included torture, sexual violence and sterilisation measures – Beijing denies all claims of human rights abuse.
But China feeds off of the happy-go-lucky content, using it as a form of ‘proof’ that there are no human rights violations taking…