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Chinese Regime Appoints New Military Commander in Xinjiang

Chinese Regime Appoints New Military Commander in Xinjiang
Chinese soldiers rally while training in -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) conditions in Kashgar in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Jan. 4, 2021. Chinatopix Via AP
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8/7/2021|Updated: 8/7/2021

BEIJING—The Chinese regime has appointed a new military commander in Xinjiang where authorities have locked up more than a million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities in what the regime claims to be a “counter-terrorism” campaign.

Lt. Gen. Wang Haijiang will oversee a massive military presence in the northwestern region that borders on several unstable Central Asian states, along with Pakistan and Afghanistan, from which U.S. troops are withdrawing.

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