Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at a jubilant celebration in Urumqui, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region on Tuesday, which is part of a trip to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the region’s foundation.
The Video of State TV showed dozens of dancing celebrants and stirred to flowers on the tarmac of the airport while XI landed. State media reports indicate that he met representatives of ethnic groups and “expressed the hope that everyone would unite his strength and go ahead to build a beautiful Xinjiang”.
The friendly table contrasts strongly with generalized allegations of abuse against the ethnic Xinjiang ethnic carried by Beijing.
In 2021, the US State Department described as genocide what it called a “systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the State of the Chinese Party”. He alleged that the Chinese Communist Party had arbitrarily imprisoned more than a million civilians, created a regime of torture and forced sterilization and considerably reduced the freedoms of speech, religion and movement among the Uighurs.
In June, a human rights group reported that the main producers of Chinese minerals used forced programs supported by the State to meet growing demand.
The FRG teams earlier this year reported on the increase in online censorship in the Xinjiang region, based on the restrictions already tight of digital expression across China.
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives of the United States adopted the latest version of a bipartite bill which would order the State Department to supervise policies to protect human rights and preserve the language and working customs. The measure awaits the consideration of the American Senate.
Includes reports by Agency France-Press.