US-based author and independent political commentator Pokong Chen was among those who witnessed the "unusual delay" in the censorship of livestream footage on the Chinese social platforms. 'This is definitely intentional' Loading. State media tabloid the Global Times also published a piece over the weekend highlighting that the terrorist attack took place "not only in New Zealand, but in the West" and therefore exposed flaws in the Western countries.Ī second piece in the paper claimed Chinese tourists feared travelling to New Zealand, which state media had previously announced ahead of the foreign interference report despite analysts saying it was untrue.īeijing is known to use its massive tourist industry as a weapon to punish countries it has political disagreements with. The report said the Xinjiang Government had cracked down on 1,588 terrorist groups, captured 12,995 terrorists and seized 2,052 explosive devices since 2014.
It also comes as China yesterday coincidentally released a white paper on anti-terrorism and human rights protection in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, where up to 1 million Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other minorities have allegedly been detained since 2017.
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