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In first, US punishes four senior Chinese officials over treatment of Uighurs

By Shaun Tandon The United States on Thursday took its first major action to stop “horrific” abuses against China’s Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims, slapping sanctions on several senior officials. Three officials will be refused US visas and see any US-based assets frozen including Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party chief for the Xinjiang region […]