Lee and Oli Barrett
Lee and Oli Barrett are a pair of British YouTubers based in Shenzhen, China. Lee is the father and had lived in China for a period since before 2019. Oli, the son, formerly operated a YouTube channel related to "Call of Duty" and moved to China in 2019. Their channel was established circa June 2019. By May 2020 the two had 100,000 subscribers. By June 2021, they had 29 million views. By July of the same year, Lee Barrett was working as a stringer for China Global Television Network. According to the Sunday Times, the Chinese  government sponsors the Barretts for their content, but the allegation had been refuted by the Lee Barrett on their YouTube channel, admitting they have taken expenses-paid trips sponsored by government affiliated entities, but that they had full editorial independence for their content output. Content. The Barretts make content defending the Chinese government and its surveillance program, stating that the Xinjiang concentration camps do not exist, and that Western media are making unfair accusations against China. Ethan Paul of the "South China Morning Post" wrote that "Defending China" was "The key to their rapid audience expansion". Ellery and Knowles wrote  that as the YouTubers took stances firmer in support of the Chinese government, "the number of subscribers increased exponentially". The two argued against the description "pro-democracy" for the anti-Hong Kong government protesters in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, and that the Xinjiang internment camps are positive.