Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's a good point. Thank you for the question. There is a significant worsening of the situation across the board, particularly when it comes, in this context, to the Uighur situation—as well as the Tibetan situation, by the way. Exactly what he did in Tibet—and I'm talking ab

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say almost instantly that the policies of Xi Jinping in particular—in other words since December 2012—remind us of the Sovietization and Russianization policies of Stalin, who of course moved the Tatars from Crimea, for example, to about three other places throughout the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, Mr. Sweet. I appreciate your question; it's very pertinent. I'd like to reply to your very thoughtful question by saying that it's all our fault. We in the west have, without second thought that I'm aware of, agreed to conduct normal relations, not only economic but also p

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. I'm very impressed with the opinions of all participants. Let me go straight to the point. Now I understand why Kashgar Airport has a special lane for organ export passengers. There was a reference to the atmosphere, especially in those vocational, so-called

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I value the opportunity to participate in this virtual round table on the human rights situation of the Uighur people in China. I will address that first, followed by my assessment of the Beijing regime. The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, which th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. Is this better?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I have just a few sentences left.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In terms of China's core interests, heshin ri'i is the term for Beijing's aggressive, not assertive, foreign policy in the past 15 years. Indeed, it's the Chinese version of Lebensraum, the “living space” foreign policy of Germany until 1945. China and Russia are the two most su