Washington DC, July 2 -- The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) condemns and rejects the Chinese Communist Party's designation of Chen Xiaojiang as the new Party Secretary for Occupied East Turkistan, which the Chinese occupation regime refers to as the so-called "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region."

This action is not a mere bureaucratic adjustment; it is a deliberate political strategy aimed at further intensifying China's ongoing genocide against the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic groups, while also solidifying the totalitarian occupation of East Turkistan.

As stated in the ETGE's release, Chen Xiaojiang, who serves as a vice minister in the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department, the CCP's chief agenc...