The U.S. Department of State is unambiguously stating that the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide.

On August 27, this writer sent some questions to the State Department Office of Press Operations through its online portal for media inquiries. One of these questions was: "Has the State Department concluded that China is continuing to engage in genocide in 2026?"

On September 1, a State Department spokesperson provided a written answer via email: "The United States determined the CCP is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious groups in Xinjiang."

On January 19, 2021, the last full day of President Donald Trump's first term, then-Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, as this column has noted before, issued a written statement that was headlined, "Determination of the Secretary of State on Atrocities in Xinjiang."

"The United States of America has led the world in holding the perpetrators of the most heinous human rights abuses accountable," Pompeo said in this statement.

"We do so because it is right," he said.

"(A)fter careful examination of the available facts," said Pompeo, "I have determined that the PRC (People's Republic of China), under the direction and control of the CCP, has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that........

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