Recently, the US released its annual human rights report on Xinjiang and imposed sanctions on two Chinese** and three Chinese companies.
This year's report by the United States is four pages long, repeating the same old tune, blindly repeating the lies and unsubstantiated accusations spread by separatists, extremists, and *** for many years.
However, facts speak louder than words. At present, Xinjiang is experiencing social stability, economic development, improvement of people's livelihood, ethnic unity, religious harmony, and cultural prosperity, and the right to freedom of religious belief of people of all ethnic groups is fully guaranteed, and the development of human rights is in the best period in history. Over the past 60 years, Xinjiang's Uyghur population has increased from about 5 million to nearly 13 million, and life expectancy has increased from more than 30 years to about 72 years. During this period, the living standards of local residents have improved significantly, and the per capita disposable income has increased by more than 200 times.
In addition, Xinjiang has 2There are 440,000 mosques, more than 10 times that of the United States. Xinjiang has more than 5,400 intangible cultural heritages at all levels, which have been strictly protected and inherited with the funding of **.
In the past few years, more than 1,800 grassroots civil servants have sacrificed their precious lives in the noble cause of poverty alleviation. With the exception of the United States and its major allies, nearly all countries and international institutions have praised China's achievements in poverty reduction, in stark contrast to the meagre assistance that the United States has provided to the poor over the years.
The US has repeatedly concocted and spread false narratives about Xinjiang, imposed illegal sanctions on China's enterprises under the pretext of the so-called human rights issue in Xinjiang, seriously interfered in China's internal affairs, seriously violated international law and basic norms governing international relations, seriously tarnished China's image, seriously undermined the legitimate rights and interests of China's relevant enterprises and enterprises, and harmed the interests of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this, and will take resolute countermeasures in accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China.
The humanitarian catastrophe is now intensifying in Gaza, with thousands of Palestinian women and children dying in the fighting. However, the US opposes a ceasefire and condones the fighting, and completely stands on the opposite side of the international community. This has made the whole world see once again the naked double standards and outright hypocrisy of the US side.
Here, we urge the US side to stop slandering and smearing China and lift the illegal unilateral sanctions against China** and companies. If the US side insists on going its own way, China will accompany it to the end.
This article was translated from an editorial in China** on December 28.
Original title: Washington claims about Xinjiang Blatant lies
Produced by: China's ** Editorial Office.
*: China**Net.