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Twitter locks account of China’s US embassy for post defending its policies in Xinjiang region
Earlier in January, the Chinese Embassy account tweeted that Uighur women were no longer ‘baby making machines’. Jan 21, 2021 · 03:15 pm This file photo taken on June 4, 2019 shows a Uighur woman waiting with children on a street in Kashgar in China s northwest Xinjiang region. | Greg Baker/AFP
The Twitter account of China’s US embassy has been locked after it tweeted in defence of Beijing’s policies in the Xinjiang region, Reuters reported on Thursday. Although it is not clear when Twitter took the action, the Chinese embassy’s account has not posted any new tweets since January 9.
The incendiary tweet, which has since been hidden after outrage ripped across the internet, included a link to an article by state media outlet China Daily that claimed the eradication of extremism has given Xinjiang women more autonomy over whether to have children
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Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policy toward Muslim Uyghur in Xinjiang, which the U.S. social media platform said violated its stand against “dehumanizing” people.
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it was confused by the move and that it was the embassy’s responsibility to call out disinformation and clarify the truth.