China is refusing to let EU diplomats conduct a "meaningful" visit to its Xinjiang province, while saying new EU sanctions over its persecution of the Uighur minority there are based on "lies".
The fact-finding trip, by EU ambassadors in Beijing, has been under discussion since 2019 and was put on hold last year due to the pandemic.
But with the virus abating, China is now refusing to let them go because they want to meet a prize-winning Uighur activist who is serving a life sen...
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