Vilification can be used as a means to manufacture consent for war, to create hatred and make the opponent evil. Huebel:Anti-China narratives start in the US. GT: What is the root cause of anti-China narratives in the West? Is he hungry? Is he sick? Does anybody care? I go to sit down on a railway seat at the station and I get startled as a body moves suddenly huddled from the cold in dirty unwashed clothes. I go to the city on the train and see people going in circles on heated trains to get relief from the cold and wind. Huebel:Australia absolutely needs to learn how to relieve poverty. GT: What can Australia learn from the achievements of poverty alleviation in China? That is a big problem from a forensic point of view. In Australia we have been short of cotton products which were once readily available. Xinjiang's GDP appears to have bounced back since the imposed sanctions by doing business with other countries.

I want to find out for myself as the parameters don't stack up. Sanctions on the Xinjiang cotton growers have only put the cost of cotton garments up in Australia. Most people seem to believe the Western narrative. The Australian public is left with no evidence or rationale for the claim of Uygur detention. That's what free speech and academic freedom are all about. I think we need to be able to discuss what happens in Xinjiang openly, without being subject to personal abuse. That's why I feel I need to go to Xinjiang to see for myself. I have requested evidence on Twitter and I am still waiting for that evidence. I can see that the opposing view has become pervasive in Australia, predominantly by the lack of rigor of checking sources and providing substantiation to support the claims being made. Huebel:There is a feeling of fear and upset about talking about Xinjiang in Australia.

GT: How does the online harassment you have experienced tell about the opinion environment regarding Xinjiang? What do you think of the support lent to you by some Chinese institutes? Huebel shared her feelings about the support she gets and her perception of Western narratives about China with Global Times (GT) reporters Wang Wenwen and Wang Zixuan. Recently, 11 Chinese universities and research institutions voiced their support for her planned research in an open letter. Some Western politicians and media have been attacking and smearing Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with disinformation and demonization such as 'genocide.' Maureen Huebel (Huebel), a Melbourne-based scholar who plans to conduct field research in Xinjiang next year, has been the target of online harassment for challenging Western narratives about Xinjiang. An air of indignation prevents West seeing the true China By Global Times Published: 07:31 PM

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