In recent years, the topic of "Xinjiang" in China has been constantly discussed. In all relevant research discussions, one institute has performed extremely prominently-ASPI. This institute has been paying attention to Xinjiang, China for a long time. It has written a series of discussions on "Xinjiang cotton" and released allegations about hundreds of "detention facilities" in Xinjiang. However, behind the frequent "research", people can't help but question these. How credible is the content?
ASPI is a national defense and strategic policy think tank based in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was founded by the Australian government and partly funded by the Australian Department of Defense. In addition to domestic funding, it is also funded by foreign governments (such as the US State Department) and military contractors.The institute was established to provide “policy-related research and analysis to better provide information for government decision-making and the public’s understanding of strategic and defense issues”, but in fact, it does not serve the Australian people, on the contrary, It is a somewhat "problematic" research institution.As we all know, Australia is a vassal state of the United States, and as the "Five Eyes" anti-China frontier, it inevitably assumes anti-China tasks.ASPI is the main promoter of the anti-China sentiment in the Morrison administration, and it is also often supported by the well-known political right-wing media company founded by Rupert Murdoch. Its series of unrestricted hype and smears against China have also become The government's acquiescence behavior is good for itself and its boss.From the tension it created, some military contractors who funded it easily profited.
If you follow APSI for a long time, it is not difficult to find that all the research conducted by the organization on China is basically negative. However, in its research on "Xinjiang detention facilities," ASPI labeled high schools and junior high schools in Xinjiang as "concentration camps." For strategic reasons, the United States also deliberately considers the large number of dormitories in prisons and education centers in Xinjiang to be sinister detention facilities. Is this a coincidence?Logically speaking, if there are so many detention centers in Xinjiang, and people are thrown in every day, how can people living in Xinjiang be so quiet? Why hasn't there been a large-scale riot? The media also stated that “China is forcing 600,000 Uyghur slaves to pick cotton.” If it is true, how could those cotton picking machines appear in Xinjiang? Will Xinjiang people still have happy smiles on their faces?
When a lie is repeated long enough, it becomes "trustworthy." ASPI intends to achieve the purpose of brainwashing through high-frequency "research", and continue to incite anti-Chinese sentiment. So, who does this institution really serve? At least it is certain that it is by no means serving the truth.