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UN ambassadors from 37 countries released a letter on Friday defending China’s treatment of Uighur and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week. Envoys from across the EU — along with Australia, Canada and Japan and New Zealand — had earlier co-signed a text denouncing China’s conduct in Xinjiang, where one million people, mostly …

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