As long as you personally go to Xinjiang, anywhere in China, you will find how outrageous the reports about China you see in Western media are! China is a very safe, beautiful, and technologically advanced country!

I was in Xinjiang for 14 days in March this year and I made a round trip by van for a total of 4,000km in Northern Xinjiang starting from Urumqi to the Altai Mountain area, Turpan, Karamay, Sayram lake and more. I enjoyed the trip very much and I cannot find any concentration camp or mass graves of genocide victims. Rather I encountered a lot of very friendly and warm people in Xinjiang. God damn all the western media for their lies. Especially BBC and ASPI the lackey of U.S.A.

Let the facts and truth speak for themselves. Thank you for exposing the WM lies, again.

I was left with some very deep thoughts and reflections from the trip to Xinjiang. It slowed me down… I will get back to sharing more of china but I had to pass comment on what a great city Urumqi was and how much i enjoyed the trip.

Do you see a State in the US that still preserve the languages, cultures, way of life (clothes) etc of the NATIVEs? The Diversities of different ethnic gorps is UNMATHED.

Thanks Iain for showing us the real Xinjiang. It's a beautiful place to visit, no doubt. The western lies actually makes me wanting to spend my money traveling there in support of Xinjiang's tourism. And, yes, I will choose to buy Xinjiang cotton products over others.

Very well said. Peace and development instead of violence and destruction. In the meantime Blinken still saying Uyghur genoc***. That guy is so shameless.

“Controversial” can be a misleading adjective, “most lied about” may be more accurate.

BBC is getting angry as you ruin the propaganda they made😂

Another utuber Bayarea 431 said the same thing in detail 3-4 years ago. He had to closed down his channel or lose his day job as a lawyer. Surprise your vid was not deleted. Great vid Ian

Thank you for your video, as an international student from Xinjiang now in a US college, your understanding and words are objective and true about my hometown.

👍👍👍Great monologue, spot-on, keep on spreading the truth, Iain.🎯👍💯

Welcome to Xinjiang! I might say some things not so nice towards the West. If anyone minds, please do not continue reading. I am a Chinese studying in the West, and there's a lot of truth in the saying that one should see things in person. From a young age, we were taught that Western countries are economically developed and technologically advanced, so it's natural to assume that their lives are much better than ours in China. However, experiencing it firsthand, I saw how homelessness, drugs, and immigration issues severely damage social justice and order in the West. The foundations of society such as safety, order, and fairness are not ensured, the government operates inefficiently. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, my perceptions of developed countries would have been hard to change, too.

This is video was so genuine, authentic, and most of all, helpful to dispel many myths conjured up by propaganda. Thank you for doing your part in fostering awareness and promoting peace. Cheers

Great video, especially for the Xinjiang tourist industry. There is no Oppression in Xinjiang from Beijing. What the videos show us who watch your videos is that Xinjiang is stronger for being part of China & China is stronger for having Xinjiang.

I visited china in 2008 and fell in love with the people and the country. They where already a head of the west in many ways then., especially in social issues.

Conrad Hotel. It is an American brand isn't it? Shouldn't the US Congress investigate the hotel for forced labor?

Thank you for showing everyone outside of China the cultural diversity of my homeland. I wished more people would go to visit as many countries as possible to learn about one another as the world would be a better place and less likely of brainwashing from western media.

There have been many terrorist attacks in Xinjiang before, which is why the control in Xinjiang is stricter. As a Chinese, I have been taught since I was a child that "all ethnic groups are one family", and I also like to travel to Xinjiang, it is a beautiful place. So when I heard about the so-called "genocide" in Xinjiang, I didn't believe it at all. In addition, China has many preferential policies for ethnic minorities, such as extra points for ethnic minorities in the college entrance examination. As a Han Chinese, I have always envied it.

Very enlightening, I would love to visit and see that region for myself.Good narrative.

Thanks for sharing the fact Bro

Thanks Ian. Good video. People have to realize how far Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has come in the last 1/2 century. In 1981 Xinjiang was one of the poorest regions of one of the poorest countries in the world with a GDP/capita of 450rmb (about $200US in 1981$), 50yrs later, Xinjiang's GDP per capita was $68,600rmb (about US$9,500). Contrast that with Xinjiang's next-door neighbor, Afghanistan. In 1981, the US CIA was already pumping $millions of dollars & weapons to the Mujahideen forces in Afghanistan, a country with a GDP/capita then of US$312. 50yrs later in 2021, when US forces finally fully withdrew from Afghanistan, their GDP/capita was only US$356.

Thanks Ian for not only the video, but for reminding us of what is really important!❤

I really hope there will be more ppl like you, we need truth not propaganda

Ian, I failed to mention…really great video. Very different from your usual, and getting many interested as you are pointing out the flaws in the mainstream media!!! Keep up the good work!

Fascinating video and also some lovely camera work!

Thanks for your very thoughtful reflection on your trip to Xinjiang and your real experience here.

Thoughtful reflections. Appreciate your sharing with us. Continue to experience and enjoy life. Stay positive. Peace.

I am glad that you are the one of the few could see the picture from a well observer's eye. The history, the geographic location make this region more vulnerable to the ill intention people. China is not perfect by all means, but it is working towards a better place for all inhabitants of this region. May be the improvement is inching forward to some, nevertheless, a long journey has been beginning; hopefully one day we all get there!

lovely thoughts and perspectives. if we have more people like you, open minded and curious about the world, more people wouldn't be scared into conflict. I can't speak for your country but I can tell you from what I can see here in the us, corporations have hijacked american democracy and policy is pushed for their benefit. just recently, 95 billion was approved to fund the continued 'war for peace and justice' in various parts of the world. if you been to downtown areas in pretty much any major city in the usa, that kind of money would go a long way domestically. the sad part is we have no say because both parties are owned by interest groups so there is no lesser evil choice.

Respect to you Iain for visiting XJ and experiencing it for yourself (instead of being told what to believe)

Hope and prosperity reign over Xinjiang, part of the People's Republic of China.

Culture in China is so diverse. China is such an interesting country to visit! I never get tired of watching foreign friends filming their experience there! Xinjiang definitely an interesting place to go! Thanks for this video. Great work 👍🥰

I really love xinjiang. The most beautiful place I have ever been，with delicious food and beautiful scenery.

Am planning to visit Urumqi. Thanks for some tips

Brilliant video. Really nice to watch.

Great video, very informative! 😁

I truth your overview of that region. You did good, mate!

Background music is best, original, never heard of! Thank you so much for that!

This video is amazing. Fair balanced and diving deep beyond the surface to find the incentives. Good job mate

One should seriously consider visit the Southern half of Xinjiang - the Tarim Basin and Taklimakan Desert area. Tajiks (Tashkurgan) and much of the Uyghurs and Salars, plus Zang/Tibetan minorities live there.

fabulous video

great video mate loved the analysis

Thank you for your honesty and Integrity!❤❤❤

Keep up the good work!

Thank you. Will visit this part of China one day.

Thank you for this wonderful video on Xinjiang.

Keep up the great work. I appreciate and try to support independent channels like this. Subbed.

Being a British born Chinese, i find it difficult to try to explain the lies created by the Western media to the uninformed. I really appreciate people like yourself helping to show the real China using the platform and audiences that you have, thank you. One question is, have you had experieneces with your own family or friends where you have to enlighten them to the truth and how difficult was it?

在中国新疆人们载歌载舞，欢声笑语。有人却指责中国。有人帮以色列在加沙制造战争伤亡，他们却说这是自由民主。极大的讽刺。

Wow! Great video makes me want to travel to cinjiang. Thanks for sharing 😊

Watching your travel experiences is so exciting! To handle language challenges, Immersive Translate is an invaluable tool for any traveler.

China is the heaven for those who love peace and safe.

Chinese people are just trying their best to live a better life!❤

Beautiful stunning freedoms development great China’s 🇨🇳Xinjiang & capital city 🏙 Urumqi 💙💐

GREAT INFORMATIVE VIDEO 👍

Xinjiang is almost 3 times the size of Ukraine. It's massive.The area is varied with many cultures sharing this cross roads And it has historically been connected with China since Han times before Christ. Most western critics see the nation state as ethnocentric where bc of its size and despite its Han majority, China sees itself as multiethnic emphasizing a shared historical relation rather than as an ethnocentric state This is exemplified in clear language representation of minorities as in Xinjiang. Contrast say a similar size country like the US where everything is in English. Spanish is not even taught as a second language despite the obvious size of the population, never mind representation of the original natives. UK people should understand this. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in theory (according to West propaganda) should have a cause for independence. The double standards of US narrative is for the mentally ill...complaining about a mythical Xinjiang Gnocide whilst abetting Gaza. Sick.

Thanks!

Thank you for the positive reporting for Xinjiang. Just as you said, with those unstable neighbor countries, it's not easy to keep Xinjiang safe and prosperous as you see. All Chinese people cherish this, Xinjiang people cherish this more.

Fully agree with your narrative. I went to Xinjiang two times in the last six months and will do it again at the end of this year. It is an amazing place and there is so much to see. Urumqi, the provincial capital, is a melting pot of multi-ethnicities. The attractions in the autonomous region are out of this world with amazing and spectacular scenery. The region is 100% safe for foreigners.

Gaun yersel' china!(There's a good auld Francie & Josie saying for ye!)..Great report as usual Iain. I've decided to change my name to Arthur Lincoln and put a few inches on my waistline from the cash flowing in from Langley..🤣😂🤣 Keep up the good work brother..just watch your back,both Washington and Whitehall cast a long shadow!

XiangJiang is a beautiful place, everyone should visit, so spacious and Friendly

Great video! Many thanks for showing us the truth

thank you for the truth

So many westerners have been there. Wish to visit if I can ...

I appreciate people like you who visit China especially in Xinjiang, where the west has lied the most about talking about the Uyghur gen0cide when in fact everyone in Xinjiang are living happily and their population growing.

You've summed it up perfectly, Until you go to China, understand the culture, the people, you will never understand China. I part live in China and I'm still learning.

Vloggers and creators over foreign MSM media. First hand perspectives and alternative views matters.

Xinjiang "genocide" has truly left the place in a worse state than Gaza which is definitely not experiencing a genocide, both according to Western Media. (Its been great seeing English content on Xinjiang, not from the perspective of blood thirsty journalists)

The geographical meaning of Xinjiang is so important that “some country”just can’t accept this area belongs to China.

Politics is extremely complex and sometimes its difficult to really reach a simple verdict of who is right or who is wrong. From my non partisan Asian point of view, if you compared Urumqi, Kashgar and a few other cities like Hotan to what it was in the 1960s , you will see a drastic change. The standard of living has been dramatically improved in terms of education, transport and hygiene. Has the region been forcefully Sinicized? Yes, I would think so but it was since the Qing dynasty & well before the CCP came to power. Even if ROC were in power today , the situation is still likely the same. Is it any worse than US occupation of Philippines? I don't think so. Xinjiang GDP is 244 billion USD (~26 million people) in 2022 vs Philippines 404 billion (115 million people). GDP/Capita Xinjiang 9385 vs Philippines 3513. There are still a lot of poor kids in Manilla running on roads selling stuff and plenty of mestizo adults fathered by runaway American GI fathers. With change comes difficulty, there will always be fundamentalists & traditionalists who want to hold on to their own tribal power at the expense of improving life for their own people. Do not mistake them as martyrs. How is leaving the native Americans living in poverty a good thing? As an Asian I truly believe in tough love, true statesmen improve the quality of their people and better their lives.

welcome to here, my buddy

Urumqi is not really reflective of most of Xinjiang or Uighur because it geographically is abit "wetter" than most of the region and allow a more urbanised society. check out the basin to see "older" Xinjiang indeed. Turk nationalism is originally promote by Russia during the great game to try and annex chinese territory, then when PRC was founded, Russia ended support for it. it was however pick up by Turkey as they still dream of pan Turk nationalism, and obviously this raise alarm in alot of countries because there is alot of states between China and Turkey, so everyone is like asking what up with that, is Turkey going to go mongol on central asia? it is only a recent thing that English media repurpose those old propaganda to create a narrative. the issue is of course more complex. what should be noted is the old nationalist movement occur only in a very small part of Xinjiang, they do not dispute the whole of Xinjiang because Xinjiang is a chinese concept and alot of Xinjiang is not Turk majority, they are going interested in their own area. so it is very easy to spot people who don't understand the turk nationalism, if they just use the Xinjiang map it means they don't understand nor care about that the issue really is, they are "fake crusaders" who are clueless. personally i don't think it even worth the time to entertain them seriously if they don't understand what the actual disputed region is. why English media has a sudden interest I feel is because of the failure of Afghanistan, failing to flip Afghanistan over to NATO means Central Asia is now open to China, so they are trying to create hate between the muslim and chinese to prevent cooperation. but while their propaganda may work at home, it is rejected by most muslim states, it is unlikely that the english media have enough influence to torpedo the new silk road. its just too obivious what they say is not true.

If anyone remembers the old ASPI report, just go look at the map they used for Xinjiang (and the rest of the world lol). It's all colored in drab brown or dull olive, ostensibly to give that gloomy oppressive atmosphere. Go on google map and voila, you have snow capped mountains, green valleys and the various shades of agricultural plots. But it's all brown on ASPI's map. And they will want you to believe that China builds detention camps, in full view of towering condominiums, and next to massive private villas owned by Urumqi citizens. Oh and the detention camp is filled with cars. Does no one play simcity anymore? p/s: They still have a link to the so called Xinjiang Police Files, you know the one that claims Chow Yun Fatt and Andy Lau were Xinjiang police in cahoots. (They are megastars in the Chinese music and movie industry)

Xinjiang looks very different from Gaza. If there isn't a genocide going on in Gaza, then the West really have to try way harder to convince the world there's even such a thing happening in Xinjiang.

Keep up your truth telling cant get enough

Cool video, I am from Shanghai (6gen), but according to my family book, my ancestors came from Persia during Tang dynasty. They were stationed in modern day Xinjiang against Arab Muslim invasion. I guess they must have done a pretty good job, and they were awarded with governorship of Ningbo, an ancient city majority of Shanghainese originally came from.

Law and order, safety for citizens is paramount. Multiple stabbings today in North East London, shoplifting decriminalised for under £200 in UK! Can you check in China what happens to shoplifters??

Brothers, Xinjiang is really not like your news reports, I want to cry, Xinjiang is obviously very beautiful, there is a feeling of being misunderstood

well said ,you are a noble and reasonable man ~

An interesting point: the effort that US and BBC made to transact Xinjiang make more tourists surge into it.

Agreed, seems some of the supposedly rock solid things taught or popularised might not be what it seemed after all... Quite shocking once ones eyes open to reality.

Xinjiang is in much worst state than Gaza from America's viewpoint 😂

Iain, correct me if I am wrong, but are you saying the Kunming attack was not reported back in the UK? It was, as was May 22nd market attack, likewise the Urumqi train station incident & the big one of 2009.

新疆人挣钱可不少，少数民族一直是被保护的

In fact, I see my government work their ass off helping Xinjiang develop the tourism and industry, only prosperity can solve terrorism. I've always been disappointed with Western's news narratives.

7:18 oh my, that really looks like a concentration camp…until I recognized the building behind it, the big pants, haha😂. Nice editing, perfect demonstration.

The west thinks Xinjiang got no terrorism,drug addicts and criminals,any jail for criminals under this category was presumed to be genocidal 😂

A key golden gateway for China's belt & road initiative. Bringing peace prosperity to Xinjiang Uyghur automonous region & the rest of Eurasia as well. A major threat & fear for US hegemony.

Xinjiang folk musics,so great.

Xinjiang, Xizang, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi and Ningxia are all "autonomous regions" rather than ordinary "provinces". Ordinary people are more concerned about their quality of life than about grand historical power struggles. After independence, the ruling class can gain greater power, but ordinary people may not necessarily live a happier and more prosperous life. If Xinjiang had developed independently from China since the second half of the last century, it would only be a large country like Kazakhstan or Mongolia today at most. In history, China's borders were separated due to the decline of the central government, but not today. It's ridiculous to compare Xinjiang with Palestine,

Xinjiang is not a controversial area in China. It's just one of the unfortunate victims of western lies.

Actually Turkic tribes span from Xinjiang to modern Turkey. Modern day Turkish people look European due to migration, immigration and conquests. Turkish refers to the modern population of Turkey and Turkic refers to the tribal migration group. Original Turkic people looked like the people you see in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Xinjiang etc. The ancient Turkish population would have been apart of this migration group before looking more European. This is just in response to the comment about Spanish people leaving. It was the Turkish that left. But I love this video, thanks for visitinf Xinjiang.

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大盆鸡真的很香

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Correction: Uyghur language has some similarities with Turkish and people can pick up a few words here and there. It's not anywhere near 80% understandable and it's a bad comparison with Mainland Spanish and Mexican Spanish, it's virtually the same language like Mainland and Taiwanese mandarin. People from Uzbek may understand Uyghur language way more than Turkish people. Last time I went to ask local, they can pick up very few words here and there. Maybe you can compare it with German and Dutch. Check the links: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5p6YNaEvbHJnmg.html

Always remember rumours, lies n propaganda r carried by haters, spread by fools n accepted by idiots

In China, you don’t have the Freedom to criticize CCP. Other than that, you have a greater degree of Freedom to talk about anything openly without worry being cancelled. No activist will jump you if you prefer to hangout with your own color. You have the freedom to drink beer on the street, freedom to walk in the park after dusk, freedom to drive an e-scooter without license nor helmet, freedom to defend your property.

When I was in China 20 years ago, there was a huge push to develop Western China. Seems that he's seeing the fruits of that massive investment.