Alaska: The US on Friday accused China of committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” against Uygar Muslims and other minorities, while China accused the US of discrimination, hatred and barbaric murders of people of African and Asian descent. The conflict between the two countries was observed at the International Racial Discrimination Elimination Day celebrations in the United Nations General Assembly. The allegations have come at a time when the top diplomats in the US and China have completed their first face-to-face meeting in Alaska after US President Joe Biden took office.
At the meeting, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held very conflicting views about each other and the world. US Ambassador Thomas Greenfield spoke in an unusual way about American history, saying, “Slavery is America’s real sin.” This led to white supremacy in our founding documents and principles and inferiority complex towards black people. “
He said that slavery is present in every corner of the world and “sad that it still is today.” Similarly, racism is also a challenge today. He said that it is life-threatening for millions of people, such as in Myanmar, where Rohingya Muslims and others were oppressed and murdered in large numbers. Thomas Greenfield said, “The Chinese government massacred Uiger Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang and committed crimes against humanity.”
On this, China’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Dai Bing, said that these allegations of America are inspired by politics. He accused the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs and said that “a lie is only a lie and ultimately the truth will prevail.”
Dai had some advice for the United States: Cast away your ideological prejudice” and stop using human rights for political purposes and provoking political confrontations and disrupting international cooperation on human rights.
I suggest that you take practical measures to put an end to a continued stream of incidents of discrimination and hatred against, and even savage murder of, people of African and Asian descent that are ongoing,” Dai said.
