That's surprising, the WH appointed a Muslim Uighur, they are the ones that China has been imprisoning over there, "re-education camps", anyone hear this? Pretty amazing. And a woman!
The White House quietly appointed a new China director who could rattle Beijing and make a US-China trade deal even less likely
Alexandra Ma
The White House has quietly appointed an American member of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group to manage its China policy at the National Security Council - a move that will likely rile Beijing and jeopardize the US-China trade relationship.
Elnigar Iltebir started working as the National Security Council's (NSC) China director three weeks ago, Uighur activist Rushan Abbas told Business Insider.
Abbas is the executive director of the Campaign for Uyghurs advocacy group and former high school student of Iltebir's father, Abdulhekim Baqi Iltebir, a late Uighur intellectual who lived in the US. (Uyghur is an alternate spelling.)
The appointment was first reported by Foreign Policy, which cited unnamed current and former US officials. The NSC declined to comment on its personnel.
Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-white-house-quietly-appointed-a-new-china-director-who-could-rattle-beijing-and-make-a-us-china-trade-deal-even-less-likely/ar-AAFVm31
That's rather bold. It sounds like this is not absolutely confirmed.
