Beijing, March 20 -- Chinese authorities closely monitored Thai journalists during a carefully controlled visit to Xinjiang this week, demanding to review their photos and delete any unapproved images before they could be sent back to Thailand, according to a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

The visit was part of Beijing's effort to showcase the welfare of Uyghurs who had been deported from Thailand.

On February 27, Thailand deported 40 Uyghur men to Xinjiang, claiming that no third country had agreed to accept them and that China had assured their safety. However, U.S. officials later acknowledged that the United States and other nations had offered to resettle the Uyghurs. The deported individuals were among more than 300 Uyghurs who ...