Hi tumblr.. Please pay some attention to the incident happened in my country China, city Urumqi, Xinjiang. The city was blocked for more than 100 days due to the epidemic, which seriously affected people's life. On November 24, a fire broke out in a community in Urumqi, but the firefighters were unable to put out the fire in time because of the blockade. In the end ten People died, including a 3-year-old child. Last night (11.25) the people of Urumqi finally took to the streets out of despair and anger. They went to the city hall to march and protest, and confronted the police. This was extremely brave but also very dangerous.

Chinese Internet is extremely closed, and all content posted online is subject to examination and control. We are trying our best to convey this message to more people.

I'm very sorry if I disturbed you all, but if possible, please give the people of my country a little international attention and support, thank you😢If you need more content please check this twitter account:

I am really desperate and terribly worried for people of Urumqi right now and I hope this incident could reach to more people around the world. Thank you.

现实中，大家还是得年复一年地服从大自然的意志，南北折返不已。 #新疆 #xinjiang #landscape #landscapephotography #禾木 #喀纳斯 #snow #sonya7rii #70200gm #hammockmusic（在 禾木村） https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqa7v4ApFnh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

China is stepping up its manipulation of US public opinion. It worked well for Putin in 2016 so why would Xi Jinping ignore the potential?

A Chinese marketing firm likely organized and promoted protests in Washington last year as part of a wide-ranging pro-Beijing influence campaign, according to new research. The Chinese firm also used a network of over 70 fake news websites to promote pro-China content in an example of the more aggressive efforts by pro-China operatives to influence US political debate in recent years, according to security firm Mandiant, which analyzed the activity. One of the protests was against a US government ban on goods produced in China’s Xinjiang region, where US officials have accused the Chinese government of systematic repression of the Uyghurs. The other protest was on the sidelines of a June conference on international religious freedom, Mandiant said. One of the protests only attracted roughly a dozen people but it showed the scope and ambition of the pro-China efforts. The hired protesters, who included self-proclaimed musicians and actors in the Washington, DC, area, apparently had no idea they were being enlisted in a pro-China influence campaign, the Mandiant researchers said. The campaign backed by the Chinese firm, Shanghai Haixun Technology Co., Ltd., is “intended to sow discord in US society,” Ryan Serabian, a senior analyst at Mandiant, told CNN.

Rent-a-protester is nothing new. There are companies like this one which will create a scene for you — for a price.

A bigger problem is the proliferation of bogus news sites. They often have names and branding which look like (but aren't identical) to those of legit news organizations.

It doesn't help matters that Google News is way lax about what it considers a "news" site.

Of course the most fertile ground for fake news sites is social media. Meta (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) is more interested in boosting activity than in accuracy of information. And Twitter (or whatever Elon is calling it today) these days has become a playpen for Nazis.

People need to SIMPLY STOP getting news from dubious social media sources.

There are plenty of respected sources for news. But it takes a bit more effort than just glancing at an unmoderated feed.

No source is 100% perfect; but a good news source will admit an error and then offer a correction.

Public broadcasters in liberal democracies are good sources. Even public broadcasters in some non-English speaking democracies may have English language content. Americans in particular need to get more news directly from reliable sources in other countries. It's a big world out there.

The corporatization and monopolization of local and regional newspapers in the US has been terrible news. However a lot of smaller excellent news sites have sprung up to fill the gap in local coverage in many municipalities.

So create your own news feed of legit sources – but keep it separate from strictly opinion sites.

If you do run across a dubious site pretending to be a news source, don't hesitate to call them out publicly. This "news site" may just be a propaganda boiler room operating in Shanghai or Saint Petersburg. It may seem like a game of whack-a-mole to some degree but keeping the lifespans of such sites short prevents them from building a base.

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Speaking of China, apparently Foreign Minister Qin Gang has been purged.

China’s foreign minister Qin Gang ousted in surprise shake-up of Xi Jinping’s foreign policy leadership

Autumn in the Altai Mountains. Northern Xinjiang China.

best view in XinJiang,China

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新疆乌鲁木齐大火烛光悼念活动。大概有一百多的中国留学生参加，我听了无数的年轻人自发地讲话，他们分享了自己亲朋好友以及中国同胞所受到的压迫，我们都一起喊了“习近平下台”之类的话，感觉中国终于有希望了，真的很感动！

Candlelight vigil for the victims of the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang. About hundred or so Chinese students participated in the event, and I heard countless young Chinese spontaneously speak out, sharing their own experiences with political repression and even shouting lines like “Xi Jinping, step down!” It feels like China finally has hope again--it was genuinely really moving!

The Xinjiang THEY Don't Want YOU to see... - YouTube

The Xinjiang THEY Don't Want YOU to see...

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WTH? Gucci? They’re not gonna show you a Gucci store on western media. BBC are not showing you Gucci in Xingjiang.

Said a Britisher.

Please pay attention to Xinjiang

【新聞大家談】台商入疆投資 四千萬產業沒了！

Some report about the recent events happening in China from English news media.

The New York Times: Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls

BBC: Covid protests widen in China after Urumqi fire

CNN: Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

Reuters: Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as anger over China's COVID curbs mounts

The Guardian: Anti-lockdown protests spread across China amid growing anger at zero-Covid strategy

AP News: More anti-COVID protests in China triggered by deadly fire

The Wall Street Journal: Chinese Protests Spread Over Government’s Covid Restrictions

if you need more context, please view my early post:

or this tweet: (there is a complete timeline)

Also I'd like to explain something mistaken by the English media that holding blank white paper while protesting was not mean for mourning or for funerals, but for pointing out that we were not allowed to speak the truth or express our opinion under such a authoritarian government. Everything posted online would be immediately censored and deleted and people would get punished.

Reblogging is very much appreciated. Thank you all so much.

祝大家自由，勇敢，平安。

中国加油！

穷游新疆却差点被打，冲突当中甚至想掏刀子自保

上个月有幸去了一趟北疆，这几天陆陆续续把2000+照片整理完毕，修图的时候仿佛二次去了一次李娟笔下的《冬牧场》： “这世间为什么总是那么宁静呢？大约因为死亡累积得太多，因为死的事永远多于生的事吧。他们宁静下来，怀念他们的心也渐渐归于宁静。天空下最大的静不是空旷的静，不是岁月的静，而是人的静啊。人终究是孤独又无法泯灭希望的……我开始往回走，笔直朝着西斜的朦胧太阳。西北面天空不知何时晴了一大半，蓝白动人。那边的天空下远远走动着十来峰骆驼。” #新疆 #xinjiang #landscape #landscapephotography #小木屋 #woodhouse #snow #sonya7rii #70200gm （在 Xinjiang） https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYeC1whvbW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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