Japan's lower house expresses concern over human rights in China

Japan's House of Representatives adopted Tuesday a rare resolution expressing concern over the human rights situations in China's Xinjiang region and Hong Kong, underscoring its focus on the issue just days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics.While the lower house resolution on "serious human rights situations" in Xinjiang and elsewhere did not directly blame China or use the term "human rights abuses," it demanded Beijing's accountability and called for the constructive involvement of the Japanese government."We regard changes to the status quo by force, symbolized in the serio…READ FULL ARTICLE