ࢀ˜Something closeࢀ™ to genocide in Xinjiang, says US security adviser

WASHINGTON: The US national security adviser said on Friday that China was perpetrating ࢀœsomething close toࢀ a genocide with its treatment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region .ࢀœIf not a genocide, something close to it going on in Xinjiang,ࢀ Robert Oࢀ™Brien told an online event hosted by the Aspen Institute , while highlighting other Chinese crackdowns including one on Hong Kongࢀ™s pro-democracy movement.The United States has denounced Chinaࢀ™s treatment of Uighur and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang and imposed sanctions on officials it blames for abuses. It has not, though, so far termed Beijingࢀ™s actions genocide, a designation that would…