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  • China launched a propaganda war

  • taking advantage of the Israel-Palestine conflict

  • saying China is the savior of the world's Muslims

  • Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chappell.

  • Eleven days of fighting between  Israeli and Palestinian forces  

  • ended on Friday with a ceasefire. It had  been the worst violence there since 2014.

  • But every heartbreaking conflict  

  • is also a great opportunityforChinese communist propaganda drive!

  • You might be arguing with people over who the  real bad guy is in this long-standing conflict.  

  • Israel? Hamas? No. The real bad guy is...America!

  • During the fighting, Chinese state-run media came  out with article after article about how the US  

  • is part of the problem, but  not part of the solution.

  • The US stands opposite to international justice.

  • And the US is the one really  harming the world's Muslims.

  • The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been a godsend  for the Communist Party. International pressure  

  • has been mounting on the Chinese regime for  its genocide of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

  • But with the recent fighting in Israel and Gaza,  

  • the Communist Party can now use one of its  favorite propaganda tacticsthe switcheroo.

  • You see, the US is over-concerned about Muslim  Uyghurs, but what about Muslim Palestinians?

  • Get a load of this. State-run China Daily says the  US ispretending to be friends and well-wishers  

  • of Muslims, but they have been caught red-handed  this time. Because they are clamoring for the  

  • human rights of Muslims in China, but quite  silent about the killings of Muslims in Palestine.  

  • Thus their hypocrisies have been  revealed to the world once again.”

  • Wait, does that also mean China  is being hypocritical by saying  

  • they care about the Muslims in Palestinebut not about the Muslims in Xinjiang?

  • Of course not, because what the US claims  is happening in Xinjiang are all lies.

  • Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying  

  • said, the USjoined with a few of its allies  and attempted to organize meaningless meetings  

  • on Xinjiang-related issues based  on lies and political prejudice.”

  • Because the reality is human rights in  Xinjiang are great! There's an economic boom!

  • Granted, that economic boom is mostly felt  by the Han Chinese people that have flooded  

  • Xinjiang in recent years, displacing the Uyghurs.

  • But what's important to remember is...look  at all that happy ethnic dancing!

  • Clearly China is the real  friend of the world's Muslims.

  • Muslims are well aware that the US allies  are pretending to come out as their friends  

  • by shedding crocodile tears  for Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

  • Muslims think that the [US] is using the  Xinjiang issue as a shield to hide their  

  • long history of oppression in Muslim countriesSince actions certainly speak louder than words,  

  • Muslims know who are their genuine and  bonafide friends around the world.”

  • It's China. China is their bonafide friend.

  • Which is why it's so evil thatThe US has  been pressuring Arab countries [to criticize]  

  • China's human rights and sabotaging the  China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.”

  • Yes, please ignore whatever the US  says about China's genocide of Muslims,  

  • and continue to do business with China!

  • Which is why the state-run  Global Times suggests that,  

  • only human rights views of developing countries  such as China should be more listened to.”

  • And you know, since you asked, the  Chinese Communist Party does have  

  • some ideas about how to solve  the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • I'll tell you what they are after the break.

  • Welcome back.

  • Yesterday's ceasefire was  brokered largely by Egypt.

  • Which, I can't understand. After  all, China had also offered to help!

  • But don't worry, because there *will* be more  conflict in the region at some point. And then  

  • the Israelis and Palestinians can turn to China.  

  • Because China knows all about  how to create peace and harmony.

  • For example, China said,

  • To avoid a humanitarian catastrophe, Israel  must fulfill its obligations proposed by  

  • relevant UN resolutions, completely  lift its lockdown in the Gaza Strip,  

  • ensure the safety and legal rights of  Palestinians in the occupied territories,  

  • and facilitate the entrance  of humanitarian assistance.”

  • You know, like China does in  Xinjiang. Or it would if there was  

  • actually a problem but there  isn't so there's no need.

  • China is also suggesting a two state solution.

  • What a great idea! Why hasn't  anyone thought of that before?  

  • Oh wait, they did. And the  Palestinian side repeatedly said no.

  • But the important thing isChina doesn't need  to offer actual solutions. They just need to  

  • seem like they're the rational good guywhile making the US look like the bad guy.

  • The reason China supports a two state solution  is because that's been the UN's stance. A very  

  • unsuccessful stance, but that doesn't matterThe Communist Party likes to pretend it's  

  • a responsible international player by saying  oh yeah, we totally follow the UN. Especially  

  • because China has tremendous control  over the UN. And can stop it from  

  • say...criticizing what China is doing in Xinjiang.

  • Meanwhile, Chinese state-run media  has used the Israel-Palestine conflict  

  • to criticize the US for being on the  opposite side of international justice.

  • And the Chinese Communist Party is also taking  advantage of political divisions in the US.

  • It blamed the crisis on both Trump and Biden.

  • It's Trump's fault because,  “What Trump did in the past  

  • years has sowed the seeds for the  current conflicts and bloodshed.”

  • So if you're on the left in the US, you  might agreeTrump is a total monster.

  • But it's also Biden's fault, becauseBiden  is unlikely to make any concrete moves  

  • in de-escalating the confrontation, at most  

  • making certain gestures in diplomatic  language that do not mean anything.”

  • So if you're on the right in the US, you might  agreeBiden is a weak, ineffectual president.

  • The Chinese Communist Party  really knows how to play us.

  • Of course I wouldn't want you to  think China is just blaming the US.  

  • They're also blaming the Jews! You  see, spokesperson Hua Chunyingsays  

  • this conflict is intertwined  with the Iran nuclear issue.

  • So Chinese state-run media sayIsrael doesn't  want to see the US and Iran reach a deal  

  • so the conflict in Gaza will add difficulties  to the talks between the US and Iran.”

  • You see, Israel has a secret  plot to muck up the US-Iran Deal.  

  • Which is why they got Hamas to fire  rockets at them so they could fire  

  • back. And if that sounds like a crazy  conspiracy theory, listen to this.

  • The US bore an undeniable responsibility  [because] its policy in the Middle East has  

  • long been kidnapped by its Jewish community  that serves the interest of Israel.”

  • That's right. Chinese state-run  media is blaming the current conflict  

  • on a cabal of Jews controlling the US government.

  • Israel has been criticizing blatant  antisemitism in Chinese State-run media.

  • A recent Chinese state-run CGTN broadcast  questioned what was really behind US support  

  • for Israel. The host said, “some people believe  that U.S. pro-Israeli policy is traceable to the  

  • influence of wealthy Jews in the U.S. and the  Jewish lobby on U.S. foreign policymakers.”

  • Jews dominate finance and internet sectors.  

  • So do they have the powerful  lobbies some say? Possible.”

  • Stay classy Chinese state-run media.

  • And now it's time to answer a question frommember of the China Uncensored 50 Cent Army,  

  • fans who support us and our efforts to expose  the truth about the Chinese Communist Party  

  • on the crowd funding website Patreon.  

  • Jason Oehring asks, “Question, has the CCP done or  said anything about moving the great firewall of  

  • China so that it covers HK as well?” ( 

  • That's an excellent questionFor those of you who don't know,  

  • the great firewall is essentially the massive  censorship apparatus the Chinese Communist Party  

  • uses to cut off China from the global internet  and control what people in China can see online.

  • Now, ever since the Chinese Communist Party  implemented the Hong Kong national security law,  

  • Hong Kong's freedoms have  increasingly been restricted.

  • Protesters have been arrested for  holding up blank pieces of white paper.

  • Hong Kong legislators need to make  patriotic oaths to the Communist Party.

  • Reporters are attacked in broad daylight.

  • Many are concerned it's just a matter of time  before the Great Firewall comes to Hong Kong.  

  • Technically, Hong Kong still has  freedom of speech and the press.  

  • But new fake news laws have a lot of  people worried about press freedom.

  • And earlier this year, a  pro-democracy website was blocked.  

  • Which got a lot of people  thinking about the Great Firewall.

  • Last year, “The Hong Kong government  enabled police to censor online speech  

  • and force internet service providers to hand  over user information and shut down platforms.”

  • So really, it's only a matter of when, not  if, the Great Firewall comes to Hong Kong.

  • Thanks for your question Jason and your support.

  • And a big thank you to everyone who supports China  Uncensored on Patreon. We could not do this show  

  • without you. So thank you for joining us in the  fight to expose the Chinese Communist Party to  

  • the world. If you're interested in joining, head  over to Patreon.com/ChinaUncensored. You'll get  

  • a bunch of cool perks, including the chance  to have me answer your question on the show!

  • Once again I'm Chris Chappell, see you next time.

China launched a propaganda war

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