1/ EXCLUSIVE: Airbnb has more than a dozen homes available for rent in China’s Xinjiang region on land owned by an organization sanctioned by the U.S. for complicity in genocide. axios.com/airbnb-xinjian…
2/ Axios identified 14 Airbnb listings on land owned by the XPCC — a large paramilitary organization that operates some of the mass internment facilities in Xinjiang where a million or more Uyghurs have been detained, subjected to torture and indoctrination. 
3/ In July 2020, the Trump administration sanctioned the XPCC for complicity in ongoing genocide and repression targeting ethnic minorities.
The sanction "prohibits all transactions" that "involve any property or interests in property" of the XPCC. axios.com/airbnb-xinjian…
The sanction "prohibits all transactions" that "involve any property or interests in property" of the XPCC. axios.com/airbnb-xinjian…
4/ The listings expose Airbnb to regulatory risk under U.S. law. They also land yet another U.S. tech company in the crossfire between the United States and China. axios.com/airbnb-xinjian…
5/5 Airbnb told Axios the company believes the sanction does not apply to these listings. But experts tell Axios full compliance with sanctions is a complex undertaking. axios.com/airbnb-xinjian…
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