CHINA-INTERNAL: CCP CREATES NEW BUREAU FOR XINJIANG
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported on May 5, 2017, that the CC CC's United Front Work Department (UFWD) has created a new bureau to improve intelligence and policy coordination in Xinjiang. A key function of the new bureau is to provide Xinjiang-related advice and policy proposals to China’s top leaders. The bureau also elevates Xinjiang-related issues on the work agenda of the ruling party to the same rank as non-Communist political parties, ethnic and religious issues, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan affairs, and Tibet affairs.
(Comment: The creation of a new office for Xinjiang reflects Beijing’s growing concerns about stability in the region, which borders eight countries from Russia all the way round to India.) |