Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Xinjiang, calling on officials to conserve “hard-won social stability” in a region where Beijing is accused of abuses that the United Nations has said could amount to “crimes against humanity”.
The Chinese government has pursued a years-long campaign against what it describes as “terrorism” and “extremism” in the northwestern region, detaining large numbers of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities.
