Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has urged Airbnb to delist rental properties located in China’s Xinjiang region owned by a Chinese paramilitary force accused of aiding Beijing’s genocide against Uyghurs. The plea came in a letter dated Dec. 7. “[B]y maintaining these listings, Airbnb is complicit in enriching an organization facilitating horrific human rights abuse and risks violating U.S. sanction law that prohibits such transactions from occurring,” reads the letter, sent to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. The owner of said rental properties is Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a regional paramilitary organization under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The organization exerts administrative authority in various cities, towns, and farms, where it “runs many of the notorious mass internment camps that serve as detention, torture, sterilization, and indoctrination facilities for Uyghurs and other ethnic groups” in the far west Xinjiang region, reads Rubio’s letter. The United Nations estimates that more than …
Airbnb is ‘Enriching’ Chinese Paramilitary Group Linked to Uyghur Repression: Sen. Rubio
December 8, 2021
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