Foreign enterprises involved in Xinjiang have been subjected to "political harassment" for telling the truth: "If they do not follow the script, they will get into trouble"

An article published on January 20 on the website of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post said that foreign enterprises involved in Xinjiang had suffered "political harassment" for telling the truth. The author is Lu Gang. An excerpt from the article follows:

As a result of recent statements about Uighurs in Xinjiang, two North American entrepreneurs were bogged down and ambushed by interviewers. Today, if you don't act according to a pre-approved and politically correct script of so-called "genocide," you're doomed to trouble, especially if you're a foreigner with a massive business in Xinjiang.

Chamas Palihapitiya, a billionaire investor who co-owners of the NBA Golden State Warriors in the NBA, is being "harshly reprimanded" by the English-language media.

Paliapitia said the West's own human rights record is poor, including wars of aggression against foreign countries and torture in prisons at home. Hype about china and Xinjiang has sometimes even become a cover for military interventions that have caused great suffering. But almost all of the English-language media ignored his last words.

Meanwhile, the BBC managed to produce a few minutes of video whose sole purpose — I can only guess — was to embarrass Craig Smith, the head of China at American ski brand Bodenku, as he conducted business in Xinjiang. The hapless Smith said it was unclear about the political situation in the region. The BBC reporter also chased after him, saying it was impossible that he had never read the reports.

The BBC's international arm now broadcasts anti-China coverage of Xinjiang and so-called "debt trap" diplomacy on an almost daily basis. It even distorts the opinion of an American expert on debt trap financing, giving the impression that she is saying the exact opposite of what she intended.

Some of the more well-known foreign companies doing business in Xinjiang include Volkswagen, Tesla and Intel. There is no doubt that the BBC can interrogate each of these companies day in and day out to fill the show time.

But as I've said before, I'm baffled by the BBC and other media outlets paying so much attention to foreign investment in Xinjiang.

Some people do see it all. When it was thought that there was a good reason, Polish President Andrey Duda never hesitated to take a tough stance on China. But in announcing that he would attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, Mr. Duda was rather blunt in pointing out the well-known facts: "Continue to criticize China for simply pleasing the Americans that it is no longer in Poland's interest." ”

Source: Reference News Network