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During a November 16 news conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian was asked about comments made by Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae, who said there is no question that aspects of what China is doing to repress Uighurs in Xinjiang fit the legal definition of genocide.Zhao dismissed this comparison with a claim of robust population growth in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, home to the Uighur Muslim minority.The population of the Uighurs in Xinjiang rose from 10.17 million to 12.72 million
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