Report: China Stridently Defends Crackdown of ‘Murderous Devils’ in Muslim-Majority Xinjiang

Beijing is taking an increasingly harsh tone in defending its so-called de-radicalization program in China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang, telling foreign diplomats recently that “absurd preachings” from Islamist extremists in the province have yielded “murderous devils,” Reuters reported Thursday. In response to growing international criticism about China allegedly sending members of its Muslim minorities — mainly Uighurs (or Uyghurs) — to concentration camps, Beijing has stepped up diplomatic efforts to counter condemnation of the prisons, particularly following Turkey’s rebuke at the United Nations. China has invited foreign envoys from various countries to tour the camp. -- More....