But Chinese officials still hide behind the Potemkin villages of their own making. ADADThat’s because of the new details surfaced by an astonishing set of leaked documents obtained by the New York Times. The cache includes 403 pages of Communist Party directives, reports, notes from internal investigations and internal speeches given by party officials, including President Xi Jinping. As a justification for the draconian clampdown, a top Chinese official in Xinjiang warned of the risks of placing “human rights above security” in a 10-page directive from 2017. ADADthis is the language now being used by chinese officials and @hkpoliceforce to describe HK protesters.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 06:00 UTC