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China may face more embarrassment over its human-rights record

China's influence in human-rights is eroding as more countries are willing to call out its treatment of the Uyghurs, and its failures to win international leadership posts.

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  • More countries are willing to call out China's treatment of the Uyghurs.
  • Failures by China to get its way in international forums presage an erosion of its influence in human-rights.
  • Human Rights Watch tracked a gradual increase in the number of countries willing to name China in the hrc.
  • China is finding it harder to win leadership posts across the UN's many agencies.
  • China and Russia both aim to redefine the terms of human rights.
China may face more embarrassment over its human-rights record
More countries appear willing to call out its treatment of the Uyghurs | China
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