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Rubio, who has never visited China, was an outspoken critic of Beijing's human rights record while a senator, championing legislation that brought sanctions over Beijing's alleged use of forced labor from the Uyghur minority.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Guan Heng is a 38-year-old Chinese immigrant who fled the People’s Republic after he gathered evidence of human-rights abuses against the ethnic Uyghur population in Xinjiang province.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Beijing has been accused for years of repressing the Muslim Uyghur minority in the province, which borders Kazakhstan.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

She and her friends were wearing hijabs and, she says, Uyghur food vendors had approached them saying they were "envious we could freely wear our hijabs... but we didn't get to have very deep conversations".

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Singaporean Thenmoli Silvadorie, who visited with friends in May for 10 days, says: "I was very curious about Uyghur culture and wanted to see how different things may be there. But we were quite disappointed."

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025