France: Highlight China’s Rights Crisis

Expand French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands after releasing joint press remarks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 9, 2018. © 2018 Kyodo via AP Images (Paris, November 1, 2019) – French President Emmanuel Macron should keep his pledges to press for key human rights improvements during his upcoming visit to China, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president. Macron will visit China from November 4 to 6, 2019. Human Rights Watch urged Macron to press Chinese President Xi Jinping publicly to close the “political education”…

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