The word “genocide” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
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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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small collection of chinese government documents from 2017 which were leaked by exiled uyghurs to the internati
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collection of secret chinese government documents from 2017 which were leaked by exiled uyghurs to the internat
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