China scrubs starvation reports during Xinjiang virus lockdown

Beijing removes online posts about people eating foliage, lack of medical care

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Residents stand next to a cordoned-off fruit stall in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- China's censors are scrubbing online claims about starvation and lack of medical care during a virus lockdown in its Xinjiang region, where Beijing already stands accused of committing rights abuses.

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