Inflection EP14: BBC’s Xinjiang Lies Spread to Afghanistan

This week, we give an update on the US-led propaganda war against China – particularly regarding Xinjiang and China’s Uyghur minorities and how the West is trying to expand this propaganda war to now include Afghanistan.

We also talk about US efforts to recruit Southeast Asian nations into Washington’s campaign of encircling and containing China and how even some of America’s closest allies in the region are openly opposed to doing so.

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

News:

US VP Kamala Harris in Singapore AP – Harris meets with Singapore officials to begin Asia visit:
https://apnews.com/article/business-a…

Global Times – Singapore draws line between ‘being useful’ and ‘being made use of’:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20210…

US “Over-the-Horizon” Strike on Afghanistan

Yahoo News (USA Today) – Biden said US would ‘hunt’ down Kabul airport attackers. A day later, a drone strike killed two ISIS-K targets:
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-said-us-…

US Central Command – U.S. Central Command statement on counterterrorism strike on ISIS-K planner:
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/STATEME…

Grayzone – Read drone whistleblower Daniel Hale’s riveting letter to judge describing why he ‘came to violate the espionage act’:
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/27/dr…

Washington Post – The Daily 202: Withdrawal symptoms: Biden gambles ‘over the horizon’ on Afghanistan (identifying Qatar/UAE as bases for “over-the-horizon” missions in Afghanistan):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politi…

Yahoo News – In leaked email, Clinton claims Saudi and Qatari governments fund ISIS:
https://news.yahoo.com/in-leaked-emai…

Main Topic:

BBC – Afghanistan’s Uyghurs fear the Taliban, and now China too:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-5…

BBC (2014) – Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs?:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-c…

National Endowment for Democracy – Xinjiang/East Turkestan (China) 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/xinji…

Uyghur Human Rights Project – About:
https://uhrp.org/about/

World Uyghur Congress – About:
https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/int…

Wilson Center – How is the Wilson Center Funded?:
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/how-the-…

United Nations Security Council – Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement:
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sa…

Council on Foreign Relations – Backgrounders: The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM):
https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/183551/…