AFP
A drawing competition launched by the Chinese Embassy in Turkey to promote interest in China among students appears to have backfired after several submissions depicting state-backed policies of repression in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) were posted online.
The “China in my Dreams” contest which Turkey’s International Science and Culture Foundation, the country’s Ministry of National Education, and the Chinese Embassy launched in 2016 rewards Turkish high school students whose artwork best depicts the theme of ties between Beijing and Ankara.
Students are required to submit their entries between May 3 and June 13 and winners are presented with trips to China, where they visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi’an. In order to mark the 50