- China’s Communist Party has appointed a new party chief for its Xinjiang region, replacing Chen Quanguo, an official who spearheaded a crackdown of Uighurs.
- The Central Committee has decided to appoint Ma Xingrui, the governor of southern Guangdong province as the new party secretary of Xinjiang.
- The controversial Politburo member was the highest ranked Chinese official sanctioned last year by the U.S. government for his role in the crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighurs.