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While Macron is in China, Beijing sends Xinjiang delegation to Paris

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at Beijing International Airport on 3 December 2025.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at Beijing International Airport on 3 December 2025. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/Reuters

As the French president landed in Beijing, a Chinese delegation arrived in Paris to promote the official line of a "return to normal" in the Uyghur region, just as a political crackdown is decimating the upper echelons of power in Urumqi.

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