WASHINGTON ¨C The Trump administration has determined that China has committed ¡°genocide and crimes against humanity¡± by repressing Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Beijing a day before President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office.
Pompeo said he made the move ¡ª which is certain to further strain already frayed ties between the world¡¯s top economies ¡ª ¡°after careful examination of the available facts,¡± accusing the Chinese Communist Party of crimes against humanity targeting the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities since at least March 2017.
¡°I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state,¡± Pompeo said in a statement.
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