Episode 112: China’s Useful Idiots

Episode 112: China’s Useful Idiots

From They Stand Corrected by Josh Levs

June 10, 2026 · 38 min

About this episode

The episode discusses China's repression of the Uyghurs and the media's role in misinformation, featuring an interview with Salih Hudayar.

Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com . Celebrate and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member! A top official representing Uyghurs reached out to Josh, saying he’d welcome the chance to talk about misinformation in the media. Then, the story of China’s extreme repression of the mostly Muslim Uyghurs became especially timely. Today, Salih Hudayar, foreign minister of the East Turkestan Government in Exile, discusses how China is manipulating the world with help from the media. He assails the hypocrisy left-wing groups that claim to care about human rights, “colonialism,” and “genocide,” while ignoring “the biggest imperialist power,” China.  Josh explains how this affects coverage of politics, the war in Iran, trade, immigration, and more. He explains how Chinese funding fuels organizations like Code Pink and streamers like Hasan Piker as they work to radicalize people around the world’s stupidest cause: hating Israel.  The plight of the Uyghurs also highlights the hypocrisy of many Islamic nations, the U.N., and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Hudayar shares his experience being kicked…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Levs

Guest: Salih Hudayar

Topics covered

  • Uyghurs
  • media manipulation
  • human rights
  • China
  • politics
  • hypocrisy
  • genocide

Keywords

  • Uyghurs
  • China
  • media
  • human rights
  • genocide
  • politics
  • hypocrisy
  • Code Pink
  • Hasan Piker
  • Scott Pelley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: East Turkestan Government in Exile, Code Pink

Places: China, Iran, New York City

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