Xinjiang-Born U.S. Official Senses a ‘Trap’ in Biden

Halifax, Canada — One of the main outcomes of the November 15 meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese general secretary Xi Jinping is a deal aimed at restricting the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Washington lifted sanctions targeting the Chinese Ministry of Public Security’s Institute for Forensic Sciences, which was blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department in 2020 for its alleged complicity in abuses against Uyghurs, in exchange for vague promises from Beijing on the trafficking of fentanyl precursors.

Nury Turkel, who was born in a Chinese prison camp in the Xinjiang region and is the most senior political appointee of Uyghur heritage in U.S. government, told me he’s “very disappointed” that Beijing convinced the U.S. to take the deal.

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Jimmy Quinn

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Halifax, Canada — One of the main outcomes of the November 15 meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese general secretary Xi Jinping is a deal aimed at restricting the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Washington lifted sanctions targeting the Chinese Ministry of Public Security’s Institute for Forensic Sciences, which was blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department in 2020 for its alleged complicity in abuses against Uyghurs, in exchange for vague promises from Beijing on the trafficking of fentanyl precursors.

Nury Turkel, who was born in a Chinese prison camp in the Xinjiang region and is the most senior political appointee of Uyghur heritage in U.S. government, told me he’s “very disappointed” that Beijing convinced the U.S. to take the deal.