China appoints Wang Junzheng as new Communist Party Chief in Tibet


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Beijing [China], October 19 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party has appointed Wang Junzheng, the former Xinjiang Security Chief as the new Communist Party chief in Tibet, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Tuesday. Wang Junzheng is taking over the Tibetan portfolio after serving as deputy party secretary and security chief in the remote northwest territory. Citing Chinese state-run media, VOA reported that a high-ranking official sanctioned by the West for alleged human rights abuses in the country's far northwestern Xinjiang province has been selected by the ruling Communist Party to oversee Tibet. According to the publication, the 58-year-old Wang is...