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The Guardian (23 September 2022)

Helen Davidson

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations has warned western nations and allies that Beijing is ready for a “fight” amid growing pressure for global action against China over its human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

The threat follows the release of a report by the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights which found the government was likely committing crimes against humanity with its abuses of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

A Xinjiang government spokesperson, Xu Guixiang, is leading a Chinese delegation to Geneva, where the council of 47 member states – including China and the US – will meet, under pressure to take substantive action on the report. Beijing has strongly denied the accusations and rejected any plans for what it terms “external interference”.

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