The story of Yi Duocai’s marriage to Aminagul, circulated on social media, was among those used to promote ethnic unity. Photo: Weixin.qq.com
The story of Yi Duocai’s marriage to Aminagul, circulated on social media, was among those used to promote ethnic unity. Photo: Weixin.qq.com
Xinjiang
China /  Politics

‘We are all Chinese’: Beijing’s message on Xinjiang shifts to ethnicity

  • Media changed tone ahead of Tuesday’s UN review of China’s human rights record, in which Beijing rejected criticism of treatment of ethnic Muslims
  • Reports claim pan-Turkism ‘has undermined sense of national identity’, and ‘Uygurs are not Turkic’

William Zheng
William Zheng

Updated: 11:14pm, 10 Nov, 2018

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The story of Yi Duocai’s marriage to Aminagul, circulated on social media, was among those used to promote ethnic unity. Photo: Weixin.qq.com
The story of Yi Duocai’s marriage to Aminagul, circulated on social media, was among those used to promote ethnic unity. Photo: Weixin.qq.com
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