BEIJING -- The former chief of China's Xinjiang region is now working in a senior agricultural post elsewhere in the country, state media reported last week, an effective demotion for an official Washington accuses of overseeing human rights abuses against ethnic Uyghurs in the nation's far west.
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Former Xinjiang chief's 'demotion' in China sparks speculation
Move could be part of a Chinese push to ease tensions with Washington
Chen Quanguo applauds at a political gathering in Beijing in 2021. Reports of his effective demotion are fanning speculation that China is looking to improve relations with the U.S. © Reuters
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