Beijing, December 25
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CPC), headed by President Xi Jinping, has abruptly replaced its chief in the volatile Xinjiang province, Chen Quanguo, who was sanctioned by t
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CPC), headed by President Xi Jinping, has abruptly replaced its chief in the volatile Xinjiang province, Chen Quanguo, who was sanctioned by the US over alleged human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in the region. Chen no longer serves as Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPC, state-run Xinhua news
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The Biden administration continues to utilize United States trade sanctions and export controls as a key tool in its efforts to put pressure on China, Myanmar/Burma and Russia. Since our last update, actions by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the U.S. State Department (State) and the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) have been bolstered by similar actions taken by U.S. allies, indicating multilateral support for the Biden administration’s efforts to combat ongoing human rights crises and national security concerns in these regions.