US President Joe Biden's administration has doubled down on the claim that China is mounting a genocide against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region. But it has offered no proof, and unless it can, the State Department should withdraw the charge and support a UN-based investigation of the situation in Xinjiang. Much of the report deals with issues like freedom of expression, refugee protection, and free elections, which have scant bearing on the genocide charge. Already have an account? Log in. For more than 25 years, Project Syndicate has been guided by a simple credo: All people deserve access to a broad range of views by the world's foremost leaders and thinkers on the issues, events, and forces shaping their lives. At a time of unprecedented uncertainty, that mission is more important than ever — and we remain committed to fulfilling it. But there is no doubt that we, like so many other media organizations nowadays, are under growing strain. If you are in a position to support us, please subscribe now.
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View Iframe URL. When Anar Sabit was in her twenties and living in Vancouver, she liked to tell her friends that people could control their own destinies. Her experience, she was sure, was proof enough. She had come to Canada in , a bright, confident immigrant from Kuytun, a small city west of the Gobi Desert, in a part of China that is tucked between Kazakhstan, Siberia, and Mongolia. The territory had been annexed by imperial China in the eighteenth century, but on two occasions it broke away, before Mao retook it, in the nineteen-forties. In Beijing, it was called New Frontier, or Xinjiang: an untamed borderland.
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Signature ingredients include roasted mutton , kebabs , roasted fish and rice. Xinjiang cuisine is found throughout much of China , as migrants from the region often open Xinjiang restaurants or food stands in other regions. Ethnic groups in Xinjiang generally have different cooking and eating methods. Han people in Xinjiang use chopsticks , while Kazakhs eat with their hands.
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