China made a ‘La La Land’-inspired propaganda musical about the life of Uyghur Muslims, which omits all mention of mass surveillance and oppression

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• The BBC moved its China correspondent to Taiwan after Beijing attacked him for reporting on the Uyghurs Summary List PlacementThe BBC said on Wednesday that it had relocated its China correspondent to Taiwan, a move that came after Chinese government attacks on both the reporter and broadcaster for its coverage of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The BBC did not give a specific reason for John Sudworth's relocation, but said: "John's work has exposed truths that Chinese authorities did not want the world to know." Our China correspondent @TheJohnSudworth has relocated. pic.twitter.com/G1NS0hUUWK — BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR)…
• China reportedly told H&M to 'bolster its awareness of the national territory' after citing issues with the retailer's 'problematic' maps Summary List PlacementChinese officials told H&M to fix its mapping system on its website and to "bolster its awareness of national territory," per a Friday report from the Wall Street Journal. Regulators reportedly took issue with what some online Chinese users called "problematic Chinese maps" on H&M's website. The country's internet regulator said that H&M has taken steps to correct the map inaccuracies, according to the report. H&M was directed by the regulator to study Chinese laws and "really ensure…
• Toughest ticket in Chicago? Finding an spot at Easter Sunday Mass With COVID-19 restrictions, you won’t find full churches on Easter Sunday. Capacity has been capped at 20%. | Sun-TimesWith COVID-19 restrictions limiting capacity to 20%, here’s a guide to help last-minute worshipers find that rare in-person spot. Easter is Sunday one of the biggest days of the year for Christians. Churches are usually packed with parishioners who would be squeezed into pews shoulder to shoulder. Those who couldn’t find a seat would stand in the back or attend an overflow…
• Netflix vs. Disney Plus: The top 9 streaming TV shows of the week Summary List Placement9. "The Crown" (Netflix) Times more in demand than average show: 22.9 Description: "This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century." Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 4): 96% What critics said: "Best season yet." — Newsday (season 4) Season four premiered on November 15 on Netflix. See more insights for "The Crown." 8. "Titans" (HBO Max) Times more in demand than average show: 25.2 Description: "'Titans'…
• Orange mass shooting that kills four closes deadly March in U.S. Federal and state law enforcement, academics and some media track mass shootings in the United States. But they use a variety of definitions for a mass shooting and they come up with different data sets. Two findings they agree on: One, the United States is by far the world’s leader in mass shooting incidents, and, two, mass shootings account for just a sliver of all gun-related deaths in the United States. Here’s a numerical look at recent U.S. mass shootings…
• China accuses the US of 'political manipulation' after 14 countries allege Beijing hid data on the origins of COVID-19 Summary List PlacementChina on Wednesday accused the US of "political manipulation" as Beijing faces criticism over a World Health Organization report on the origins of COVID-19.  "We have repeatedly emphasized that origin tracing is a scientific issue, and it should be carried out cooperatively by global scientists and cannot be politicized, which is also the consensus of most countries," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said during a briefing, per CNN. "The politicization of origin tracing is extremely immoral and…
• Rep. Jim Clyburn called Joe Manchin's push for bipartisanship over passage of voting rights legislation 'insulting' Summary List PlacementDemocratic House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said in an interview with The Huffington Post that he felt "insulted" by how Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has approached the For the People Act, the sweeping voting rights package also known as H.R. 1 and S. 1. Manchin is the only Democratic senator who has not signed on as a cosponsor of the legislation this year, arguing that the federal government should not infringe on election…
• Serbia's leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday to encourage his country's increasingly skeptical citizens to get the shots themselves. A live TV broadcast showed Vucic, 51, taking a jab of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine in the remote eastern village of Rudna Glava. He elected to get the Sinopharm vaccine as some experts have suggested that a third shot of the Chinese vaccine may be required because two doses don’t appear to produce enough…
• Meet China's "Lipstick King," an outspoken 28-year-old e-commerce streamer who fans adore and brands fear Summary List PlacementAt first glance, Austin Li Jiaqi looks like the boy-next-door: he's always clean-shaven and typically dressed in earth-toned, well-pressed button-down shirts. But when his stream on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao goes live, a different side of him comes out to play. "We're starting now!" he claps and proclaims loudly, as millions of followers and ardent fans pour in to see him try lipsticks and other beauty products live. "Are you ready to buy, buy, and buy?" China's $38.6…
• TikTok owner ByteDance lures overseas AI and tech talent with new training camp for 'world's top university students' Summary List PlacementTikTok owner ByteDance is stepping up efforts to attract graduate talent and build up its Western talent pipeline in computer science and artificial intelligence (AI).  In documents posted last week by academic conference the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), ByteDance encourages researchers to work with the company.  In one, the company invites "students across the world" to ByteCamp, "a week-long training session in AI technologies at the ByteDance head office in Beijing." ByteCamp is "a new bi-annual training…