SZ Podcast “The Great Firewall”:The influencers of Xinjiang
The sixth episode of the new podcast series “The Great Firewall”.
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International bloggers talk about trips to the Chinese province of Xinjiang on YouTube. They relativize the fact that the Uyghur population is oppressed there and has to do forced labor in camps. The sixth episode of the new SZ podcast series.
By Antonia Franz and Lea Sahay
The Communist Party wants to influence the image of China not only on Chinese social media platforms, but also on international ones such as YouTube. There, a number of influencers spread misinformation about the situation of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. How does this happen?
“The Camps in Xinjiang” is the sixth episode of the eight-part podcast series “The Great Firewall: How China is Changing the Internet”. You can find episode 1 here, episode 2 here, episode 3 here, episode 4 here and episode 5 here. Each episode deals with a term that is censored on the Chinese internet. A production of Süddeutsche Zeitung – everywhere there are podcasts. For example on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or in your favorite podcast app.