Did Wikipedia remove the word "genocide" from the China Cables article?

Yes. "genocide" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 3 moments between October 6, 2023 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the China Cables article stop using the word "genocide"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. It appears nowhere in the article today, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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What did Wikipedia remove from the China Cables article?

The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

The documents include a telegram which details the first known operations manual for running the Xinjiang internment camps , and bulletins which illustrate how China's centralized data collection system and mass surveillance tool , known as the Integrated Joint Operations Platform , uses artificial intelligence to identify people for interrogation and potential detention. The Chinese government has called the cables "pure fabrication" and " fake news ", further stating that the West were "slandering and smearing" them. The documents release sparked renewed attention to the Uyghur internment camps and Uyghur genocide . International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The China Cables are a small collection of Chinese government documents from 2017 which were leaked by exiled Uyghurs to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and published on 24 November 2019. The collection included a telegram which detailed the first known operations manual for running the Xinjiang re-education camps . Bulletins illustrate how China's centralized data collection system, mass surveillance tool Integrated Joint Operations Platform uses artificial intelligence to identify people for questioning and potential detention. The Chinese government called the cables "pure fabrication" and fake news . The revelations sparked renewed attention in the camps. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

The documents include a telegram which details the first known operations manual for running the Xinjiang internment camps , and bulletins which illustrate how China's centralized data collection system and mass surveillance tool , known as the Integrated Joint Operations Platform , uses artificial intelligence to identify people for interrogation and potential detention. The Chinese government has called the cables "pure fabrication" and " fake news ", further stating that the West were "slandering and smearing" them. The documents release sparked renewed attention to the Uyghur internment camps and persecution of Uyghurs in China . International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .

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