China decides four of the Five Eyes are Nazis

Published February 23, 2021 7:19pm ET



Infuriated by the international community’s growing concern over its genocidal policy toward Uyghur Muslims, China has unleashed a new propaganda tactic: Describe its critics as Nazis.

The U.S.-led “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance is an “axis of white supremacy,” screamed a Tuesday editorial in the Global Times propaganda newspaper. Directed by the Chinese foreign ministry, this newspaper is one of Beijing’s primary levers for broadcasting its party line to the rest of the world. This particular editorial was motivated by the Canadian Parliament’s unanimous recognition this week of China’s Uyghur policy as a genocide. It follows a similar designation by the U.S. State Department.

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