WASHINGTON, Oct 20 — Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be US ambassador to China, said today that China’s “genocide in Xinjiang,” abuses in Tibet and bullying of Taiwan must stop.
Human rights advocates have termed China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang region “genocide,” a characterisation that China rejects.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Burns, 65, a career diplomat and former US ambassador to Nato also said Washington is correct in adhering to its “one China” policy on Taiwan, but also right to oppose actions from Beijing that undermine the status quo and that the United States has “enormous latitude” to deepen security assistance. — Reuters
