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Do you have a source on the numbers?

I found a 2020 article stating that ~16000 mosques (65%) were destroyed, mostly since 2017 https://www.aspi.org.au/report/cultural-erasure

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-mosques/china-forei...

There are no independent reporters in China to verify govt claims.

> ASPI is ... founded by the Australian government and partly funded by the Australian Department of Defence. In addition to domestic funding, it is also funded by foreign governments such as the United States State Department as well as military contractors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Strategic_Policy_In...

You think ASPI can be considered as independent reporters?

No. I mean government claims could be independently verified if there is free press in a country.

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