Chen Quanguo, Party Secretary of the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region and Politburo member, was reported by Mingjing News on July 21 to have recently made a rare appearance and made shocking remarks: "The people who sanctioned me are disgusting, and I am honoured to be sanctioned".

(Comment: A CCP CC Politburo member Chen Quanguo, who is a loyalist of Xi Jinping and was handpicked by him for appointment as Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) will be aspiring to a position in the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC).