China’s Pushback: Beijing questions Western reporting on Xinjiang
Xinjiang is back in the news and Beijing is pushing back – calling media coverage biased and inaccurate. But is it?
Despite China’s best efforts, journalists are finding innovative ways to tell the story of the mass internment of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
Contributors:
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list of 4 itemsChina sanctions US-based Xinjiang monitor
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Timothy Grose – Assistant Professor of China Studies, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Alim Seytoff – Director of Uyghur Service, Radio Free Asia
Adrian Zenz – Senior Fellow in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Sophie Richardson – China Director, Human Rights Watch
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Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire: Stereotyping Black women in media
The stereotyping of Black women in the media and the push for change in an industry where diversity and inclusion have been too long in coming.
Contributors:
Kovie Biakolo – Culture writer and multiculturalism scholar
Francesca Sobande – Lecturer of Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University
Naeemah Clark – Professor of Cinema and Television Arts, Elon University and Author, Diversity in US Mass Media
Babirye Bukilwa – Actor and playwright
Published On 25 Jul 2020