The fabrication of "forced labor" in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by the anti-China forces in Western countries is a tool used to contain China's development, a local expert pointed out in his research paper published recently.

The paper compiles statistics from more than 30,000 Xinjiang-related reports from 22 media outlets in 15 countries and regions.

Western media, think tanks, non-governmental organizations and politicians collaborate closely to jointly promote such fabrications, ignore the facts and confuse right and wrong, in an attempt to damage China's international image and undermine the interests of the country, said the paper by Tuersun Aibai, an expert from the School of Journalism and Communication at Xinjiang University, in the city of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The anti-China forces in the Western countries also impose sanctions on and suppress enterprises in Xinjiang, infringing on the rights and interests of people of all ethnic groups in the region, it added.

Many western media mislead audiences by spreading fallacies by one-sidedly quoting untrue remarks from so-called anonymous sources and anti-China forces, and using shocking news headlines to hide their biases, the paper said. 

But the quoted and reported materials are usually lacking of field research and first-hand information, and there are no interviews with Uygur employees, the paper added, saying that the information they convey is full of malicious speculation and lies.

The paper also noted that the emergence of such slanders like the "forced labor" is not accidental, as it has a long-term planning process and a clear manipulation strategy with deep-rooted bias.