China will invite Beijing-based European diplomats to visit its far western region of Xinjiang, the foreign ministry told Reuters, furthering its ...
BEIJING/BRUSSELS: China will invite Beijing-based European diplomats to visit its far western region of Xinjiang, the foreign ministry told Reuters, furthering its outreach to fend off criticism about a de-radicalisation programme.
Last year, more than a dozen ambassadors from Western countries, including France, Britain, Germany and the EU's envoy in Beijing, wrote to the government to seek a meeting with Xinjiang's top official, Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo, to discuss their concerns about the rights situation. Last week, the US State Department said China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang marked the worst human rights abuses"since the 1930s".
"There's no point in going if we're just going to be portrayed as supporting the camps," said one diplomat.
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