CHINA-EUROPE: CHINA PREPARING FOR VISIT BY EU DIPLOMATS TO XINJIANG BUT DENIES THEIR REQUEST TO MEET ILHAM TOHTI
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Quoting Xinjiang Regional Government spokesman Xu Guixiang, the Global Times (July 30) disclosed that China is "actively coordinating" the visit of EU diplomats to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region but some of their demands, including visiting Ilham Tohti, a Uygur sentenced to life imprisonment for provoking social unrest, disrespect China's sovereignty. He added that Xinjiang does not welcome those who bear the mentality of "presumption of guilt." Xu Guixiang told a press conference in Beijing on July 30 that the Xinjiang region is an open place where people from all around the world are welcomed to visit, and we hope the visits are objective and without bias because only in this way can they see the real situation in Xinjiang.
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