A BBC documentary on official deradicalization centers has once caused resentment in Beijing. Officials have taken strong exception to what they say “distortions, misleading assertions.” China allowed BBC to check and see what is happening in Urumqi and they just used biased terminology, making it a human rights issue,” officials said.
It is worth recalling that BBC did a similar article recently on Pakistan’s tribal areas. Pakistan has officially launched a protest with OffCom, a British electronic media watchdog.
In this context MATRIX MAG asked Professor Ye Hailin, Deputy Director General of National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, as to how Chinese academics view the western media campaign about Muslims in Xinjiang.
