World‘Very different from how it’s perceived in the West’: British Australian completes 3,000-km Xinjiang journey

James Wood, an Anglo-Australian teacher and social media creator living in Xiamen, China, said Xinjiang was very different from Western perceptions after a 10-day, 3,000-kilometer RV trip. He said firsthand experiences changed views shaped by one-sided Western narratives and now shares his observations online to challenge claims of cultural eradication and ethnic oppression.

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CChina News Service★★☆☆☆2026-09-11 07:28Original