[Epoch Times, August 20, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Xu Jian comprehensive report) The CCP adopted the “two sets of standards” domestic and foreign in its propaganda of the Taliban. In China, they tried to portray the Taliban as a returning prodigal. It is a “friendly partner”, but many Chinese people do not buy it. The CCP CCTV’s “whitewashing” post on behalf of the Taliban was quietly deleted due to doubts by netizens.
Previously, Beijing had long associated the Taliban with the “East Turkistan” (East Turkistan Islamic Movement, also known as the “East-Iraq Movement”). Now the CCP’s official media and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are trying to cover up the Taliban’s past atrocities and label them as “the Afghan people’s atrocities”. Select”.
On Thursday (August 19), the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Hua Chunying, gave a positive affirmation to the Taliban at a press conference, saying that the current Taliban is “more sober and rational” and that she has no trust in the Taliban by the international community. It claims to look not only at the Taliban’s past, but also at the present.
On Monday, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily released a short video about the Taliban, but did not mention its connection with terrorism. This 60-second clip stated that the Taliban was formed by “students in refugee camps” during the Afghan Civil War and expanded with “the support of the poor”, adding that “it has been fighting with the United States for 20 years since the September 11th incident. The battle”.
This post immediately made it to the fifth place on Weibo’s top ten search rankings, which triggered strong opposition from netizens. Some netizens questioned: “Why never mention terrorism?” “Is it the one who bombed the Buddha of Bamiyan?” “Is it good to be beheaded?” Some netizens mentioned that the Taliban “deprived women of their rights.”
Most netizens criticized the Chinese Communist Party’s official media for “endorsing this anti-human regime” and “whitewashing the Taliban is the most inhuman act.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China stated that the Taliban is the “will and choice of the Afghan people”, implying that the Taliban is supported by the people in the country, and it has also raised doubts among the Chinese people. On the WeChat blog “Philosophy”, a post “Is the Taliban the choice of the Afghan people?” was read more than 100,000 times and was widely shared on social media platforms, but it was deleted by the webmaster on Thursday.
Bloomberg reported that the Chinese Communist Party’s official media also discovered that domestic and foreign propaganda to beautify the Taliban did not buy it, so it adopted “two sets of standards” for domestic and international reports.
On Wednesday, the CCP Global Television Network reported in English about Afghan women’s fear of the Taliban. “The Afghan people are very scared. Some women choose to stay at home.” “The Taliban did not specify that respect for women’s rights within the framework of Islam. What’s going on.”
But on the same day, the Chinese report of CCTV 4 by the Chinese Communist Party painted a more optimistic picture. The report said that although some women expressed concerns about the future, the situation in Kabul “has gradually returned to normal” and the Taliban had made many commitments, including protecting women’s rights, including allowing them to work and study.
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