The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 25 replaced the far-western Xinjiang region’s Party chief, according to state news agency Xinhua. Chen Quanguo, who last year was slapped with U.S. sanctions for overseeing the mass detention and surveillance against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, will assume another role, Xinhua reported, without offering further details. Ma Xingrui, the governor of southern Guangdong Province, has been appointed as the new Party chief of Xinjiang, according to the report. The appointment comes days after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill banning all imports from Xinjiang unless companies can prove products aren’t made with forced labor. Chinese commentator Tian Yun noted the replacement of the Party boss in Xinjiang didn’t signal the CCP would change its approach in the region. “The CCP’s nature—persecuting people—is inherent,” said Tian. More than a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in Xinjiang, where they …