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Documentary reveals facts
By Liu Xin and Fan Lingzhi Source:Global Times Published: 2019/12/6 23:13:40
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Brutal scenes of attacks show sacrifice of police, justify
Xinjiang policies
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Photo: Screengrab of CGTN
China's first documentary on its overall counter-terrorism efforts
inXinjiang
<http://www.globaltimes.cn/special-coverage/Xinjiang.html>aired Thursday
night prompted wide discussions among the audience with
never-before-seen scenes of terrorism, which highlighted the hefty price
China has paid and the country's resolve to eradicate terrorism.
Video and audio clips in the English-language documentary were shown for
the first time as evidence of the horrible crimes wrought by terrorists
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It also showed interactions
between terrorists and overseas masterminds.
The nearly one hour-long documentary, "Fighting Terrorism in Xinjiang,"
which was streamed on CGTN, China's state broadcaster, has four parts.
It begins with the evolution of extremism in Xinjiang, followed by the
fight against terrorism. It also illustrated the interactions of
terrorists and overseas forces accompanied by audio and video evidence.
The documentary ends by highlighting international cooperation on
counter-terrorism.
Zheng Liang, a research fellow at Guangdong-based Jinan University, who
studied Xinjiang for more than 10 years, told the Global Times that he
felt "shocked" after viewing the documentary.
Zheng said that previous videos on Xinjiang's counter-terrorism were not
as specific and well-edited as the Thursday one. "This newly released
documentary uses quite different visual language adopted by mainstream
media."
"The authorities did not publish the video and details of terrorist
attacks in Xinjiang before out of concern they may cause panic. This
proves China had paid a high price in fighting terrorism, and the
international community should have a clear understanding of this," Li
Wei, a counter-terrorism expert at the China Institute of Contemporary
International Relations in Beijing, told the Global Times.
Li noted that the video and audio footage justify China's Xinjiang
policies in countering terrorism, including launching the vocational
education and training centers, which have been highly effective in
de-radicalizing and fighting extremist forces.
The beginning of the documentary features the landscape of Xinjiang, its
culture and the different ethnic groups in China, including the
prosperous markets and people's peaceful and happy lives. Then the scene
shifts to depicting the threat of terrorism that wrought havoc in the
region.
*Global threat*
Xinjiang has long been the main battlefield of countering terrorism.
According to incomplete data, from 1990 to 2016, Xinjiang endured
thousands of terrorist attacks that killed large numbers of innocent
people and hundreds of police officers.
The documentary features video footage of terrorist attacks in Xinjiang,
including one in Yining, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in 1997, which
left seven dead and 198 injured; the Urumqi riots on July 5, 2009, which
caused 197 deaths and over 1,700 injuries; and the 2013 Seriqbuya attack
in Kashi, which left 15 dead and two wounded.
Terrorists also orchestrated attacks in other cities of China: ramming a
car into a crowd in Tiananmen Square in 2013, and another attack that
struck the Kunming railway station on March 1, 2014, that left 31 dead
and 141 wounded.
Police officers in Xinjiang work on the frontline of the fight against
terrorism. According to data from China Central Television, from 2013 to
2016, a total of 127 police officers in Xinjiang sacrificed their lives
in the line of duty.
Experts believe terrorism is a global threat, and no country can win the
war against terrorism on its own. In the face of the threat of terrorism
and extremism, Xinjiang has taken a series of measures, including
establishing laws and regulations, and launching effective
counter-terrorism operations.
According to media reports found by the Global Times, the Xinjiang
region launched a special counter-terrorism campaign in May 2014.
Authorities have cracked down on 1,588 terrorist groups, and 12,995
terrorists and 2,052 explosive materials had been seized in Xinjiang
since 2014, read a white paper on regional work on counter-terrorism,
de-extremism and human rights protection in March.
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