China: France’s Macron Should Spotlight Rights

Expand French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year wishes to the members of the press corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on January 3, 2018.  © 2018 Ludovic Marin/Pool/Reuters (Paris) – French President Emmanuel Macron should honor his pledge and call publicly for human rights improvements in meetings with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Macron. He is visiting China for the first time as president from January 8-10, 2018. “President Macron himself said that France’s diplomatic and economic imperatives…

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