Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the northwestern Xinjiang region this week amid concerns over China's detention of a million or more members of primarily Muslim ethnic native minorities.
of a million or more members of primarily Muslim ethnic native minorities.
Xi called Xinjiang a “core area and a hub” in China’s program of building ports, railways and power stations connecting it to economies reaching from Central Asia to Eastern Europe, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.on Xinjiang’s native Uygur and Kazakh communities following an outburst of deadly separatist violence.as cultural genocide. The U.S.
Xi “learned about the history of the XPCC in cultivating and guarding the frontier areas,” Xinhua reported. Xinjiang borders Russia, Afghanistan and volatile Central Asia, which China has sought to draw within its orbit through economic incentives and security alliances.
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