Hide caption BEIJING — China is saving Muslim ethnic minorities from the lure of religious extremism by teaching them to speak Mandarin and accept modern science, a senior Chinese official said in a report Tuesday, Beijing’s latest propaganda effort to defend its internment of Muslims against mounting criticism.
The ruling Communist Party’s resistance to Western pressure over the camps highlights China’s growing confidence under President Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, who has offered Beijing’s system of authoritarianism and economic growth as a model for other countries.
The report published by the official Xinhua News Agency […]
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