US Names Tibet Coordinator, Draws Warning From China

Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. embassy in Paris Uzra Zeya (R) delivers a speech during a reception at the US embassy in Paris, on April 6, 2017. Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The United States on Monday named Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya as special coordinator for Tibet, drawing warnings from China to stay out of its internal affairs.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Zeya, who is responsible for democracy and human rights, would lead U.S. efforts to preserve the Chinese-ruled territory’s religious, cultural, and linguistic heritage in the face of human rights abuses by Beijing.