Beijing has promoted a senior official whose name has appeared on multiple Western sanction lists for his role in suppressing Uyghur communities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, which several countries have labeled as genocide. Wang Junzheng, 58, has taken over the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) post in Tibet after serving as the Party boss of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary group in Xinjiang accused of committing serious human rights violations. His promotion was announced on Chinese state media on Oct. 19, along with the installations of six other regional chiefs. The promotion comes as the CCP gears up for the 20th National Party Congress next year, which would mark its largest leadership reshuffle in five years. Wang was one of four Chinese officials sanctioned by the United States, Canada, the UK, and the EU earlier in 2021, making him one of the regime’s highest-ranking figures to …
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