Stanley Johnson plans to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo and visit Xinjiang, the home of Uighurs who are being persecuted by Beijing for their Muslim faith. In an interview with South China Morning PostJohnson described Zheng Zheguang, the Chinese ambassador to Britain, as “a very pleasant, capable and intelligent man” after they met and talked about his travel plans. However, his comments mark a shameful blow to his son, whose government has joined the European Union, Canada and the United States by imposing sanctions on Chinese human rights officials.
