Xinjiang: China to target ‘corrupt’ officials in state TV broadcast

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Latest programme will expose double-dealing Xinjiang officials and ‘previously undisclosed anti-terrorism cases’, nationalistic tabloid Global Times says

Attempt to justify Beijing’s actions in Xinjiang follows wave of international sanctions on Chinese officials and bodies

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China says its policies in Xinjiang are necessary to prevent terrorism. Photo: Xinhua

William Zheng

Published: 6:00pm, 29 Mar 2021Updated: 6:26pm, 29 Mar 2021

Chinese state media is reportedly set to screen the latest of its “anti-terrorism” documentaries about Xinjiang, focusing on purging “two-faced” officials, as Beijing tries to counter accusations of human rights abuses.

The broadcast, reported by Chinese media, follows the sanctioning of Chinese officials and organisations by the United States, Canada, the European Union and Britain over alleged rights abuses against Uygurs and other mostly Muslim minorities, and tit-for-tat sanctions in reply by Beijing. China has been accused of abuses including genocide and forced labour in the far-western region.

According to Global Times, a nationalistic tabloid affiliated with Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, the next documentary, the fourth, will be named The Undercurrents – China’s Xinjiang Anti-terrorism Challenge.

Quoting unnamed sources, Global Times said last Friday that the programme would “reveal previously undisclosed anti-terrorism cases for the first time”, exposing double-dealing Xinjiang officials and dissemination of “violent and terrorist” audio and video by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which Beijing says is a “black hand” in the region.

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Leaked state documents describe repressive operations at China’s detention camps in Xinjiang

The region’s Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo vowed in 2017 to target and remove “two-faced” officials he accused of colluding behind the scenes with separatist forces while paying only lip service to their official goal of preventing separatism. A string of senior Xinjiang officials in charge of propaganda, education, ethnic and religious affairs, and security have since faced corruption charges.