1/12 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (@mbachelet) has ended her 6-day visit to China, including its Xinjiang region.
2/12 In a news conference on Saturday, Bachelet encouraged the Chinese govt to undertake a “review” of its counter-terrorism and de-radicalization policy in Xinjiang. She also praised China’s achievements in meeting its poverty alleviation goal 10 years ahead of its target date.
3/12 Bachelet said her meetings in Xinjiang were “unsupervised” and organized by her delegation.
She had spoken with a range of government officials, civil society organizations, academics, as well as community and religious leaders.
She had spoken with a range of government officials, civil society organizations, academics, as well as community and religious leaders.
4/12 Also, Bachelet said she had visited Kashi prison and a vocational education and training center which had been dismantled and spoke to former trainees.
(UN news on Bachelet's China trip: news.un.org)
(UN news on Bachelet's China trip: news.un.org)
5/12 Apparently, Bachelet’s remarks on China have become a huge disappointment to Washington and the U.S. mainstream media as her work failed to become a useful tool to advance America’s baseless allegations on China’s Xinjiang policy.
6/12 The U.S. have repeatedly spun the story of China’s fight against terrorism in Xinjiang, portraying it as ‘genocide against Muslim minorities in the region,’ despite the Uyghur population in Xinjiang having increased from 8.34 million in 2000 to 11.62 million in 2020.
7/12 The growth rate of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang was much higher than that of China's ethnic minority population, which stood at 0.83%, according to the white paper released in 2021 on Xinjiang's demographic development.
(source: english.scio.gov.cn)
(source: english.scio.gov.cn)
8/12 The widely alleged “over 1 million Muslims detained” in Xinjiang by mainstream media was also a manufactured rumor.
9/12 Investigative reports by @MaxBlumenthal from @TheGrayzoneNews found the “millions detained” figure was first popularized by U.S. govt-backed Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) after interviewing 8 Uyghurs between mid-2017 and mid-2018.
(source: thegrayzone.com)
(source: thegrayzone.com)
10/12 The fiction was then widely promoted by pseudo-scholar Adrian Zenz and the U.S.-funded media outlet Radio Free Asia without media scrutiny.
11/12 In response to Bachelet’s remarks, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said that Bachelet’s visit “provided an opportunity to observe and experience first-hand the real Xinjiang.”
12/12 Ma said, as to human rights protection, no nation can claim perfection & there is always room for improvement.
China will follow the path that suits its own national conditions, while cooperate with the @UN_HRC and enhance participation in global human rights governance.
China will follow the path that suits its own national conditions, while cooperate with the @UN_HRC and enhance participation in global human rights governance.
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