An alleged detention facility in northwestern Xinjiang region, China, on July 19, 2023. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has appointed a new top official for the far-western Xinjiang region, placing a senior cadre with experience in propaganda and ideological control in the sensitive post.
In a brief, one-paragraph statement released July 1, state-run Xinhua News Agency said the CCP Central Committee had “recently decided” to appoint Chen Xiaojiang as the new party secretary of Xinjiang.
