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Lawmakers, human rights experts, and civil society advocates published statements this week in anticipation of the arrival of genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping to California next week, urging leftist President Joe Biden to raise the issue of Beijing’s deplorable human rights record during an expected meeting between the two.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday that Xi would be traveling to San Francisco next week for the scheduled Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Summit. There, the dictator “will have in-depth communication on issues of strategic, overarching and fundamental importance in shaping China-U.S. relations and major issues concerning world peace and development” with Biden, the Ministry claimed. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre similarly predicted Biden and Xi would “discuss issues in the U.S.-[People’s Republic of China] bilateral relationship, the continued importance of maintaining open lines of communication, and a range of regional and global issues.”
Some reports have indicated, citing anonymous American sources, that Biden and Xi will meet on Wednesday, November 15.
In anticipation of Xi’s visit, a group of 59 human rights organizations published a letter on Wednesday urging Biden to “demonstrate that human rights are a priority in the bilateral relationship by telling Xi that the US will pursue investigations into crimes against humanity and genocide in China” and issue statements against communist human rights abuses. It suggested Biden tell Xi the White House would “continue to address the ongoing crimes against humanity in the Uyghur region until the Chinese government ceases its rights violations.”
“Xi Jinping and his government are assaulting human rights on a scale unprecedented in decades,” the letter read in part. “President Biden, you have a unique opportunity to send strong messages to Xi Jinping about your position on human rights, which will likely have an impact in halting – and possibly reversing – this crisis.”
The dozens of organizations signing the letter included some of the largest groups advocating on behalf of the persecuted Uyghur people of occupied East Turkistan, including the World Uyghur Congress and Campaign for Uyghurs. Other signatories included Christian organizations, such as China Aid and the Christian Coalition 4 Uyghur Freedom, and groups tied to Tibetan organizations and the Falun Gong, which the Communist Party has similarly oppressed.
Ethnic Uyghur members of the Communist Party of China carry a flag as they take part in an organized tour on June 30, 2017, in the old town of Kashgar, in the far western Xinjiang province, China (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images).
The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, which represents the Uyghur region that Mao Zedong colonized following World War II, is holding its general assembly beginning on Friday and directing its efforts to encourage Biden to “address the Uyghur genocide,” it said in a statement.
“The Uyghurs’ fight for their independence is posed as a permanent solution to end the Chinese occupation and colonization of East Turkistan – the root of the ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples,” the group asserted: