China

US delays human rights sanctions targeting Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps



The US Treasury Department announced a two-month delay on long-anticipated human rights sanctions targeting Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a Chinese paramilitary organisation in China’s northwest Xinjiang region that has been accused of rights violations against Uygurs and other Muslim ethnic minority groups there.American companies had originally been given until September 30 to stop doing business with the XPCC, but with five days remaining until that deadline, the…



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