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'''Adrian Zenz''' is a theologist and self-declared China expert (with an online doctoral degree) who is frequently used by mainstream media as an original source for the claim that 1 million [[Uighurs]] are imprisoned in internment camps in the Chinese [[Xinjiang province]]. When MSM repeats and thereby reinforces his claims, they are using a classic propaganda technique for making dubious claims stick in public opinion.
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'''Adrian Zenz''' is a [[theologist]] and self-declared China expert (with an online doctoral degree) who is frequently used by {{ccm}} as an original source for the claim that 1 million [[Uyghurs]] are imprisoned in internment camps in the Chinese [[Xinjiang province]].<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/17/report-uyghur-genocide-sham-university-neocon-punish-china/</ref><ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/18/us-media-reports-chinese-genocide-relied-on-fraudulent-far-right-researcher/</ref> [[Radio Free Asia]] stated in July [[2017]] that he "has emerged a leading expert on the mass incarceration of Uyghurs in internment camps".<ref>https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/backfire-07192019132856.html</ref>
  
 
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From [[2014]] until present (2019), he is working at [[European School of Culture and Theology]], a missionary school in Korntal, [[Germany]], as a Researcher and PhD supervisor. This school is connected to [[Columbia International University]], an evangelical Christian university in South Carolina (US. <ref>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-8363</ref>; the doctorate degrees from CIU can be acquired online.<ref>http://www.ciu.edu/academics/graduate-seminary-programs/doctor-of-philosophy</ref> In {{CCM}} reports, this school is (deliberately or sloppily) confused with [[New York City]]'s [[Columbia University]].
  
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From 2014 until present (2019), he is working at European School of Culture and Theology, a missionary school in Korntal, Germany, as a Researcher and PhD supervisor. This school is connected to Columbia International University, an evangelical Christian university in South Carolina (US. <ref>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-8363</ref>; the doctorate degrees from CIU can be acquired online.<ref>http://www.ciu.edu/academics/graduate-seminary-programs/doctor-of-philosophy</ref> In MSM, this school is (deliberately or sloppily) confused with the prestigious academic institution [[Columbia University]] in New York. 
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Zenz is also Senior Fellow for China Studies at the [[think-tank]] [[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]]<ref>https://jamestown.org/analyst/adrian-zenz/</ref>. The Foundation has close connections both to the [[CIA]] and groups such as the [[World Anti-Communist League]].
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Zenz is also Senior Fellow for China Studies at the think-tank [[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]]<ref>https://jamestown.org/analyst/adrian-zenz/</ref>. The Foundation has close connections both to the CIA and right wing extremist networks like the [[World Anti-Communist League]].
 
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According to himself, Adrian Zenz has been once in the Xinjiang-province - in 2007 as a tourist. For his research backing his claim of 1 million internees, he used [[open source]] Internet resources, such as calls for tenders and job offers from the Chinese government in Xinjiang province, and then making estimates about the extent of those interned in Chinese reeducation camps. In some interviews, he himself describes these estimates as "speculative".<ref>https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/wie-ein-deutscher-das-leid-der-uiguren-bekannt-machte-16324111.html</ref>, which doesn't stop the MSM from giving the readers the strong impression that this is a serious estimate.
 
  
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According to himself, Adrian Zenz has been once to [[Xinjiang]] - in [[2007]] as a [[tourist]]. For his research backing his claim of 1 million internees, he used [[open source]] [[Internet]] resources, such as calls for tenders and job offers from the Chinese government in Xinjiang province, and then making estimates about the extent of those interned in Chinese reeducation camps. In some interviews, he himself describes these estimates as "speculative".<ref>https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/wie-ein-deutscher-das-leid-der-uiguren-bekannt-machte-16324111.html</ref>, which doesn't stop the {{ccm}} from giving the readers the strong impression that this is a serious estimate.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:13, 27 February 2023

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(propagandist, missionary)
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NationalityGerman
Member ofInter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Interests • China/Black legend
• Uyghurs
• Xinjiang
• “Strike Hard Campaign”
New Cold War propagandist.

Adrian Zenz is a theologist and self-declared China expert (with an online doctoral degree) who is frequently used by commercially-controlled media as an original source for the claim that 1 million Uyghurs are imprisoned in internment camps in the Chinese Xinjiang province.[1][2] Radio Free Asia stated in July 2017 that he "has emerged a leading expert on the mass incarceration of Uyghurs in internment camps".[3]

Career

From 2014 until present (2019), he is working at European School of Culture and Theology, a missionary school in Korntal, Germany, as a Researcher and PhD supervisor. This school is connected to Columbia International University, an evangelical Christian university in South Carolina (US. [4]; the doctorate degrees from CIU can be acquired online.[5] In Commercially-controlled media reports, this school is (deliberately or sloppily) confused with New York City's Columbia University.

Connections

Zenz is also Senior Fellow for China Studies at the think-tank Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation[6]. The Foundation has close connections both to the CIA and groups such as the World Anti-Communist League.

Xinjiang

Full article: Xinjiang

According to himself, Adrian Zenz has been once to Xinjiang - in 2007 as a tourist. For his research backing his claim of 1 million internees, he used open source Internet resources, such as calls for tenders and job offers from the Chinese government in Xinjiang province, and then making estimates about the extent of those interned in Chinese reeducation camps. In some interviews, he himself describes these estimates as "speculative".[7], which doesn't stop the commercially-controlled media from giving the readers the strong impression that this is a serious estimate.


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References

  1. ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/17/report-uyghur-genocide-sham-university-neocon-punish-china/
  2. ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/18/us-media-reports-chinese-genocide-relied-on-fraudulent-far-right-researcher/
  3. ↑ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/backfire-07192019132856.html
  4. ↑ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-8363
  5. ↑ http://www.ciu.edu/academics/graduate-seminary-programs/doctor-of-philosophy
  6. ↑ https://jamestown.org/analyst/adrian-zenz/
  7. ↑ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/wie-ein-deutscher-das-leid-der-uiguren-bekannt-machte-16324111.html
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