Washington: The Chinese Envoy urged the United States to discard “pride and prejudice” on human rights and not to go further down the wrong path.
Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), made the remarks during the general debate of the Third Committee of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Responding to comments made by the U.S., Germany and other countries on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, Zhang said China firmly opposes some countries’ abuse of UN platforms to provoke confrontation intentionally and interference in its internal affairs under the pretext of human rights.
The allegation that there is “genocide” in Xinjiang is the “lie of the century” fabricated by the previous U.S. administration, he said, adding that the current administration has inherited the lie and followed the old path of “lie diplomacy.”
Lies repeated a thousand times are still lies, he stressed. The real purpose behind Washington’s accusations is to cause chaos in China and contain the country’s development, he said.
The diplomat called on the international community to pay closer attention to the human rights situation in the United States, underscoring widespread white supremacy, discrimination against African Americans, hatred against Asian Americans as well as Islamophobia.
The U.S. often regards itself as a defender of democracy and human rights, but in fact, it is the biggest destroyer of democracy and human rights, said Zhang.
He said that the world needs dialogue instead of confrontation, and countries should choose cooperation instead of confrontation.
“I hope that the United States will know how to return to the right track of dialogue and cooperation and do something practical and good for the promotion and protection of human rights,” he said.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN
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