US ambassador: China trying ‘to distract us’ by choosing Uyghur for Olympic opening ceremony

US ambassador: China trying ‘to distract us’ by choosing Uyghur for Olympic opening ceremony

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“’We’ve made clear that crimes against humanity are being committed in China. So it is important that the audience who participated and witnessed this understand that this does not take away from what we know is happening on the ground there,” she said in response to a question about the Uyghur athlete taking part in the ceremony.”