Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote
Posted by freemexy on February 22nd, 2021
China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province.To get more China breaking news, you can visit shine news official website.
Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, reiterated his government's view that there is no mistreatment of Uighurs, labelling accusations from the United Nations and others that millions of people in detention camps are being subjected to forced labour and sterilization as unfounded China bashing.
The Conservatives tabled a motion in Parliament this past week calling on Canada to formally declare crimes against Uighur Muslims in China a genocide. That motion may come to a non-binding vote as early as Monday.We firmly oppose that because it runs counter to the facts. And it's like, you know, interfering in our domestic affairs," Cong told The Canadian Press in an interview Saturday. "There's nothing like genocide happening in Xinjiang at all."
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa proactively offered the interview on Saturday ahead of the scheduled vote.Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said the motion and subsequent vote is needed to send a "clear and unequivocal signal that we will stand up for human rights and the dignity of human rights, even if it means sacrificing some economic opportunity."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stopped short of agreeing with American officials, human rights advocates and legal scholars that the violations amount to a genocide, saying the term is a loaded one that has to be used carefully.
"There is no question there have been tremendous human rights abuses coming out of Xinjiang," Trudeau said earlier this week, adding that use of the word must be "properly justified and demonstrated so as not to weaken the application of 'genocide' in situations in the past."Cong dismissed the widespread allegations against China over the treatment of Uighurs and reiterated his government's view that it has acted to stamp out terrorist activity in the province .
He said the region's population grew by 25 per cent between 2010 and 2018, a figure he said undercuts accusations of forced sterilization and genocide. He said Uighurs are receiving vocational and language training so they can prosper in Chinese society.
