BEIJING: “Forced labor” in Xinjiang is the biggest lie of the century made by persons and agencies in some Western countries including the United States, with an aim to restrict and suppress the relevant Chinese authorities and companies and contain China’s development.
This was stated here by the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian at a news briefing.
He was commenting on the report that US will now bar entry of all cotton products and tomatoes from China’s Xinjiang region. China is firmly opposed to this, he said adding, ” the United States both creates lies and takes egregious actions based on its lies to violate international trade rules and principles of market economy, undermine global industrial and value chains, and damage the interests of companies and consumers all over the world including those in the United States, bringing no good to anyone. It is despicable that the issue of “forced labor” in the United States has been reported from time to time.
According to the Los Angeles Times, after the outbreak of COVID-19, some women prisoners in the United States were forced to work overtime to produce masks at the risk of contracting the virus. –PNP
