“新疆近百万人被拘押”的谣是怎么造的？美国新闻网站揭密来源，在线打脸！
The following article comes from 世界观 Author 张周项
每隔一段，一些西方媒体总要出点闹剧，而最近他们的焦点集中在新疆。一个最常见的谎言是，“新疆有数百万人被关在集中营里”……
12月3日，美国众议院更是通过法案，要求美国政府就此对中国进行制裁。唉，制裁的大棒天天挥，满世界想着吓住谁……
The US House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act on December 3, legislation which calls for the Donald Trump administration to impose sanctions against China over allegations that Beijing has detained millions of Muslim-majority Uyghurs in the western region of Xinjiang. Uyghur /ˈwiːɡə/：维吾尔族
而这几天，这个谎言被打脸了！美国独立新闻网站“灰色地带”（The Grayzone）发表一篇调查文章，详细揭露“上百万人被拘押”这个谣是怎么造出来的。
说出来你可能不信，造上百万人的谣，只需要两张嘴就够了。
While this extraordinary claim is treated as unassailable in the West, it is, in fact, based on two highly dubious “studies.” unassailable /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl/ ：攻不破的; 不容置疑的 dubious /ˈdjuːbɪəs/：可疑的; 不太可靠的
据该网站调查，第一张嘴是一个出了名的境外反华机构“中国人权捍卫者”（Chinese Human Rights Defenders, CHRD），由美国政府资助，主要负责各种给中国挑刺。
为造出“上百万人被拘押”的谣，这个机构下血本做了采访，一共采访了八个人呢！
The first, by the US government-backed Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, formed its estimate by interviewing a grand total of eight people.
新疆可是有各族人民两千万的，这个“捍卫者”就不知道从哪变出来八个人，然后大嘴一张，新疆上百万人就被他们给关起来了！好歹去新疆实地看看啊。
Based on this absurdly small sample of research subjects in an area whose total population is 20 million, CHRD “extrapolated estimates” that “at least 10% of villagers... are being detained in re-education detention camps”. extrapolate /ɪks'træpə,let/ ：v. 推断
而在这一过程中，美国政府不仅等着这个机构传消息，甚至还给与资金支持。据Grayzone网站此前报道，CHRD背后的金主是美国国家民主基金会，而这个打着“民主”旗号的机构，基本宗旨就是搞颜色革命……
In its mounting pressure campaign against China, the US is not only relying on CHRD for data; it is directly funding its operations. As Ben Norton and Ajit Singh previously reported for The Grayzone, CHRD receives significant financial support from Washington’s regime-change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
另一张嘴则是一位叫Adrian Zenz的学者，他还有个中文名叫郑恩国。
这位老兄出生于德国，供职于一家华盛顿的“研究机构”，主要负责“中国研究”，在美国国内被普遍认为是极右翼原教旨主义基督徒。他一直认为，自己“被上帝指引着去传道对抗中国”。
The second came from Adrian Zenz, a far-right fundamentalist Christian who... believes he is “led by God” on a “mission” against China. far-right：极右派的；极端保守主义的 fundamentalist /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/ ：原教旨主义者；基要主义的
和“中国人权捍卫者”差不多，郑先生的研究做得也相当潦草。
据Grayzone报道，郑先生是从Istiqlal电视台的报道中得出“上百万”的结论的，而这家电视台常驻土耳其，专业从事涉疆反华宣传。
联合国挂号的恐怖组织“东突”的领导人Abdulkadir Yapuquan就是这家电视台的常客。
Like the CHRD, Zenz arrived at his estimate “over 1 million” in a dubious manner. He based it on a single report by Istiqlal TV, a Uyghur exile media organization based in Turkey, which was republished by Newsweek Japan.
One such character who often appears on Istiqlal TV is Abdulkadir Yapuquan, a reported leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
把美国国会折腾够呛的新疆谣言，就是这么造出来的。还有比这更低劣的谎言吗？
It was from these two sources that certain US politicians knew the fate of "millions of Uygurs". Is there anything more absurd than that?
但美国国会就是有一帮人“信”。不仅“信”，还要通过法案，让美国政府“制裁”中国。不能说他们智商都有问题，只能说，他们需要这个谎言，因为那最符合他们对新疆的脑补。
Who is foolish enough to believe such a lie?
But in reality, there really is a group of US politicians who believe it, not because they are foolish, but because that’s in accordance with their imagination of Xinjiang.
关于新疆的谣言，可以作为典型案例记载进造谣史。造谣的最高境界，不是造得天衣无缝，而是做好市场调研、摸准客户心理，想用户之所想、急用户之所急，造出个紧贴用户需求的谣言。哪怕漏洞百出，客户照样笃信不疑。
That shows a good technique in telling a lie: You do not need to be logical or fill in all the loopholes. You do not need to falsify evidence for your untrue claims. All you need is to do good market research, learn what your audiences really need, and then tell a lie that meets their requirements.
当然，破除这种谣言也不难，一张机票飞到新疆，啥都清楚了！不过有一种病症，叫选择性失明，人家就是不去看，你能怎么着？
To dispel that lie would be easy. Just take a trip to Xinjiang, listen to what the local people really say, and find out the truth with your own eyes. Read some books and talk to some locals, and everybody knows the truth.
那就这样吧。美国那帮政客爱信啥信啥，我们发展好自己，让新疆人民、全国人民都过得好好的才重要。
But certain US politicians will never do that, because they just do not want the lie destroyed. Good, let them keep their lies about millions of Uygurs suffering, and Xinjiang will continue prospering despite what they think.
记者：张周项
编辑：左卓
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