Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will be in China from Monday May 23 and will notably visit the autonomous region of Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of persecuting the Uyghur minority.
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During her visit, the High Commissioner will meet a number of senior national and local officials
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