CNN’s report on Uygur refugees and life inside Xinjiang education centres featured campaigner Mihrigul Tursun, whose accounts angered China’s foreign ministry. Photo: CNN
CNN’s report on Uygur refugees and life inside Xinjiang education centres featured campaigner Mihrigul Tursun, whose accounts angered China’s foreign ministry. Photo: CNN
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China and CNN in row over Uygur campaigner’s account of deaths of nine people in Xinjiang camp

  • Foreign ministry says broadcaster’s coverage was ‘a deliberate lie’
  • CNN said it submitted several requests for comment on its story

Lee Jeong-ho
Lee Jeong-ho

Updated: 10:32pm, 22 Jan, 2019

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CNN’s report on Uygur refugees and life inside Xinjiang education centres featured campaigner Mihrigul Tursun, whose accounts angered China’s foreign ministry. Photo: CNN
CNN’s report on Uygur refugees and life inside Xinjiang education centres featured campaigner Mihrigul Tursun, whose accounts angered China’s foreign ministry. Photo: CNN
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