‘We Welcome Beijing With Open Arms’: West Papuan Rebel Leader

West Papua activist Benny Wenda at a protest in London, on October 18, 2019. Isabel Infantes / AFP via Getty Images

Leader of the West Papuan separatist movement Benny Wenda is laying out the welcome mat for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to step into the ongoing Papua conflict and help achieve independence for the province.

“Our struggle has been going on for nearly 60 years,” the rebel leader said from his home in Oxford near London.