U.S. bill on Xinjiang refuted by international experts
People’s Daily
The so-called “Uyghur
Human Rights Policy Act of 2019” recently passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives is totally ridiculous and calling black white, international
experts told People’s Daily in recent interviews. They believe the U.S. should introspect
about its own human rights problems first.
The act maliciously
attacks the human rights conditions in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region and slanders China’s de-radicalization and anti-terrorism efforts, making
groundless accusations against the Chinese government’s Xinjiang policies and seriously
violating the international law and the basic norms of international relations.
Member of the European
Parliament Maximilian Krah told People’s Daily that Xinjiang-related issues are
no doubt China’s internal affairs, and the U.S. has no right to weigh in. What
the U.S. House of Representatives did was a total disrespect for the facts, and
it is curbing the development of China by such double standard, Krah said,
adding that such practice hurts China-U.S. relations and also the image of the
U.S. itself.
Such act is obviously a
slander against China, said Jean Pegouret, a geopolitics scholar and president
of Saphir Eurasia Promotion, France.
He said that China’s
efforts to offer vocational education and training for the people affected by
religious extremism in Xinjiang are obvious to all. This act neglects China’s
national sovereignty and is indeed offering support for separatists and
terrorists.
General Secretary of the
Egyptian Communist Party (ECP) Salah Adly noted that the U.S. is in no position
to interfere with China’s domestic affairs. What the U.S. politicians want is
to contain China’s development by fiercely slandering and smearing China’s
policy toward Xinjiang, he said, adding that such malicious political plot will
never succeed.
He stressed that
Xinjiang-related issues are not about ethnicity, religion, human rights or
freedom, let alone politics. Indeed, they are about fighting terrorism, separatism
and extremism, as well as cracking down on religious extremists.
Natee Taweesrifuengfung,
assistant to the president of Thailand’s Panyapiwat Institute of Management
pointed out that the U.S. has long applied double standard to human rights
issues.
Related laws enacted by
Washington after the 9/11 attacks enabled the U.S. to combat terrorism overseas
and send its troops to Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. The U.S. politicians
consider their country’s fight against terrorism righteous, but take China’s
vocational education and training for de-extremism as a violation of human rights,
Taweesrifuengfung noted.
The U.S. stands up
against terrorism, and so should China. It’s ridiculous for the U.S. for not
allowing China to combat terrorism in the latter’s own territory, he remarked.
The rights to live and develop
are the most important human rights, and are an indispensable part of human
rights. Xinjiang is home to many ethnic groups, and every group should respect
the right to live of others.
Taweesrifuengfung noted
that many of the so-called American scholars who loosen their tongues over
Xinjiang’s human rights conditions have not even visited China. “We define
terrorism with a same standard, and it is hoped that the U.S. can apply the
same standard to itself and other countries,” he said.
“The U.S. should
introspect about how it is dealing with its own ethnic minorities,” Pegouret
said, adding that the U.S. practices deserve condemnation from the
international society.
The “Uyghur Human Rights
Policy Act of 2019” exposed Washington’s support for the subversion and
separation of China and its intention to undermine the construction of the Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI), and such act hardly wins any support, Pegouret
noted. The U.S. should take care of its own business before pointing its finger
at others, he added.
Serik Korzhumbayev,
editor-in-chief of Kazakh newspaper DK News is a frequent
visitor to Xinjiang, and his latest visit was in July this year.
“The Chinese government
has always attached high importance on Xinjiang’s development, and is sparing
no effort to create favorable living conditions for local people,” he said.
A large number of journalists
from the world, being invited to many places of Xinjiang, have had an in-depth
understanding of local communities’ daily life, and had a real-life experience
of the harmonious atmosphere of all ethnic groups in the region, the
editor-in-chief introduced.
Facts have proved that
the Chinese government has always been committed to improving the production
and living conditions of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, making huge efforts to
protect and promote the traditional culture of each ethnic minority group.
In particular, Xinjiang
has been enjoying amazing development in recent years driven by the BRI. By
actively responding to the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and
upholding the principle of fighting and preventing terrorism at the same time,
the Chinese government has achieved favorable results in Xinjiang.
Ikenna Emewu, a senior journalist and executive director of the Afri-China
Media Center based in Nigeria once published an article on Nigerian newspaper This
Day, calling on each country to study the counter-terrorism experience of Xinjiang.
He believes that China has successfully curbed the threat of terrorism in
recent years, becoming a role model for global countries in counter-terrorism.
The world, especially African countries should take a close look at China’s anti-terrorism practices,
and the United Nations should also actively promote the successful experience
of China in this regard, he said.
Qasim Suri, deputy
speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan told People’s Daily that the
Pakistani government supports China for its necessary efforts to safeguard the
peace and security of Xinjiang and even the entire region, and will not back up
the negative reports by the West.
Though some western
countries are not willing to accept the rise of China and Asia, the era of Asia
is still coming with the success of China, he said, adding that Asian and other
developing countries hope to learn from China to boost their own prosperity and
the development of their respective regions.
U.S. bill on Xinjiang refuted by international experts
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