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NY Times’ Pseudo-Expert Accusing China of Genocide Worked for Far-Right Cult Falun Gong’s Publicity Arm
The New York Times recycled flimsy claims by a right-wing apocalyptic extremist to accuse China of “genocide,” in an op-ed by an American with 1/8th Uighur heritage who worked for Epoch Times, a far-right, pro-Trump outlet backed by cult Falun Gong.
By Ben NORTON
The New York Times published a factually challenged op-ed accusing China of committing “genocide” against its Uighur minority. The article sourced its spurious accusations to a right-wing operative who insists his research is part of a divine “mission” against Beijing that is “led by God.”
It Took a Genocide for Me to Remember My Uighur Roots
Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has gradually established policies that threaten Uighur culture and identity. My family’s forced assimilation is a part of that story.
By Amelia Pang
Ms. Pang is a journalist of Chinese and Uighur descent, and the author of the forthcoming book “Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods.”
Jan. 10, 2021
Credit.Leonardo Santamaria
The first time I truly realized I was Uighur was just three years ago, when I saw the now-infamous viral photo of rows of Turkic men in dark blue uniforms, sitting in a concentration camp in Hotan, Xinjiang, a so-called Uighur autonomous region in China. Scanning the prisoners’ despondent faces, I was startled by their familiar features. Prominent cheekbones, round eyes, aquiline noses. My face was in theirs.