Foreign Correspondent: Whatâs Really Going on with Chinaâs Uighurs?
Experts say U.S. officials are seeking enemies, not the truth.
In the final days of the Trump Administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced China for carrying out âgenocideâ against its Uighur minority. He accused the Communist Party of China of engaging in âforced assimilationâ and other crimes, providing a laundry list of alleged offenses but no proof. Â
Antony Blinken, Bidenâs Secretary of State, told a Senate committee that he agreed China was engaged in âgenocide.â
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