China’s Weak Excuse to Block Investigations in Xinjiang

Expand Still from the "Axios on HBO" interview with China's ambassador to the US Cui Tiankaig, March 22, 2020. © 2020 Axios/YouTube When a journalist recently asked China’s ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai if the Chinese government would allow international human rights monitors into Xinjiang to observe without supervision, Cui ducked the question. He claimed China was working on a visit for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights but complained that some were insisting on “preconditions” and these “unreasonable, unnecessary obstacles” were getting in…

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