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UN human rights chief starts controversial visit to China and Xinjiang

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. AP - Martial Trezzini

The UN human rights commissioner began a six-day trip to China on Monday. She will visit the remote Xinjiang region, stirring fears about the propaganda value of the visit to the Chinese Communist Party.

The tour by Michelle Bachelet marks the first by the UN's top rights official in nearly two decades and comes as Beijing stands accused of the widespread abuse of Muslims in the western autonomous region of Xinjiang.

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