Xi celebrates in Xinjiang amid surveillance and repression | NYGazet

While visiting the Uyghur-populated region, Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed his ethnic autonomy policies and urged a joint effort for a "beautiful Xinjiang." But analysts and an exiled Uyghur tell a different story.

Aziz Isa Elkun couldn't bear to watch footage of Chinese leader Xi Jinping celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this week. Livestreams from Chinese state media showed Xi receiving a red-carpet welc... [6156 chars]