Chen Quanguo, the current secretary of the Communist Party Committee in Xinjiang.
In the wake of the Xinjiang cotton storm, the Xinjiang issue is becoming a focal point of conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and Western countries. Chen Guanguo, secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Regional Committee, appeared in the official media on April 2 and mentioned this sensitive topic, saying that “some forces” in the international arena are smearing the image of Xinjiang and trying to undermine its security and stability.
The official media Xinjiang Daily said Chen made the remarks when he met with visiting Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary-General Vladimir Norov and envoys and diplomats from relevant countries in Urumqi on the same day.
Chen Guanguo said that all ethnic groups in Xinjiang “equally enjoy stability, security, development and progress,” unloading pot Xinjiang human rights crisis is the international “some forces … Attempts to undermine the security, stability and prosperity of Xinjiang” of the smear campaign.
This is the Xinjiang cotton storm after the outbreak of Chen Guo’s first public appearance.
The European Union, the United States, Canada and other countries made it clear that the Chinese Communist Party committed genocide in Xinjiang and announced sanctions against some Chinese officials. However, except for the United States, the EU, Britain and Canada have not included Chen Guanguo on their sanctions lists. Free Tibet, a U.K.-based human rights organization, said the international community has avoided the real target.
In a statement released March 23, the group said, “The officials sanctioned include Chen Quanguo’s direct deputy, Zhu Hailun, and several other lower-ranking officials, but Chen Quanguo himself is notably missing.”
The statement said the group has been seeking sanctions against Chen since last November because he is “the architect of atrocities against the Uighur people.
The group’s CEO, Sam Walton, told VOA that Western governments have “ignored” Chen, sending a message to the Communist Party that “they are too afraid to take action against anyone who has real influence in the Central Politburo. “.
As for the sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on Chen Guoquan, they occurred last July during Trump’s presidency. In addition to the economic sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on the same day that sanctions and visa restrictions would be imposed on Chen Quanguo and other senior Chinese Communist Party officials. These officials and their immediate family members were barred from entering the United States.
Founded in 2001, the SCO currently has eight member states: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and India. With the exception of India, the remaining member states are generally considered by the international community to be pro-communist in their stance.
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