China to attend queen's funeral regardless of fear | World News

China introduced Saturday that Vice President Wang Qishan would attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II because the particular consultant of President Xi Jinping.

A gaggle of British legislators sanctioned by China have expressed concern that the Chinese language authorities has been invited to the funeral. One instructed the BBC the invitation ought to be rescinded due to human rights abuses within the remedy of the Uyghur ethnic group in China's far-western area of Xinjiang.

Wang, who's near Xi, was a member of the ruling Communist Social gathering's omnipotent, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017. Throughout these years, he led a crackdown on corruption that has been one in every of Xi's signature initiatives as China's chief.

Wang was named to the largely ceremonial put up of vice chairman in 2018 and sometimes attends occasions on Xi's behalf.