“The United States needs to keep labels for forced labor and genocide for themselves.”
China lamented the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act in the United States, claiming that the law was aimed at political manipulation and economic coercion.
China laments the new law, accusing the United States of violating market forces and business ethics, and of interfering with China’s internal affairs. (Reuters)
China has blamed the United States for new laws relating to Uighurs, denied allegations of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, and suggested that it “counters violent terrorism and separatism.”
“The United States has serious problems with trafficking and forced labor. Over the past five years, up to 100,000 people have been trafficked to the United States each year for forced labor. In the past, humanitarian crimes against Native Americans have been virtually Consists of the genocide. “
“The United States needs to save the labels” Forced Labor “and” Genocide “for themselves. “
US law “ignores the facts and truths … maliciously condemns the human rights situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,” the statement said.
The law in question is the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act, signed by US President Joe Biden. Thursday..
US law bans imports from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, which is dominated by Uighurs in northwestern China, and imposes sanctions on foreigners responsible for forced labor in the region.
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According to China, the move “will only undermine the stability of the world’s industry and supply chains, disrupt the international trade order, and undermine the interests and credibility of the United States itself.”
The country called on the United States to “immediately correct mistakes, use issues related to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to spread lies, interfere with China’s internal affairs, and stop containing China’s development.”
“It’s ridiculous for the United States, which has a disastrous track record of human rights issues, to blame and pollute China,” the statement read.
The United States has been accused of “engaging in political manipulation and economic coercion,” and “allegations of” forced labor “and” genocide “in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are nothing but malicious lies made by anti-Chinese troops. “.
The US bill was submitted by Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Jeff Merkley last year and has passed the House and Senate in recent weeks.
“This is the most important and influential action the United States has ever taken to make the Chinese Communist Party responsible for the use of slave labor,” Rubio said after signing.
Over the years, some countries have accused China of ethnic cleansing of Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
According to UN data, at least one million Uighurs are unwillingly detained in what Beijing calls a “vocational training center” and what the international community defines as a “re-education camp.”
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https://www.trtworld.com/asia/us-should-save-forced-labour-genocide-labels-for-itself-52977?utm_source=other&utm_medium=rss “The United States needs to keep labels for forced labor and genocide for themselves.”
