Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China's Xinjiang policy

[Lincoln]

Japan's neighborhood: China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea. All have frosty relations with Japan. Japan blindly follows US and is always the first country to do US biddings, But US can not be always there for Japan, sooner or later Japan will realize that it has to learn to get along with its neighobrs.


You posted the post in a wrong thread I guess.

No, not the wrong thread. I hope the VPN works fine : )

 

[beijingwalker]

Sad Pakistan ignores such injustice in the Ummah for monetary reasons.

How about Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations?

 

[maximuswarrior]

How about Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations?

LOL good question. This Indian won't answer.

 

[Smarana Mitra]

Japan has strong inferiority complex, it always wishes it were a European country, at one point they almost made English their official language.

US roped in 22 western allies to be against China over Xinjiang with not even one Muslim nation, China gained 37 nations to write and sign the letter to support China, many Muslim nations included, a clear win for China.

37 countries defend China over Xinjiang in UN letter
Date created : 12/07/2019 - 18:58

UN ambassadors from 37 countries released a letter Friday defending China's treatment of Uighur and other minorities in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.

Envoys from across the EU -- along with Australia, Canada and Japan and New Zealand -- had earlier co-signed a text denouncing China's conduct in Xinjiang, where one million people, mostly ethnic Uighurs, are reportedly being held in internment camps.

On Friday a diverse group of states -- including Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Algeria and North Korea -- replied on Beijing's behalf.

"We commend China's remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," said the letter, also signed by Myanmar, the Philippines, Zimbabwe and others.

"We take note that terrorism, separatism and religious extremism has caused enormous damage to people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang," it said.

Rights groups and former inmates describe the internment sites in Xinjiang as "concentration camps" where mainly Muslim Uighurs and other minorities are being forcefully assimilated into China's majority ethnic Han society.

Echoing China's defence of the camps, Friday's letter described them as "vocational education and training centres."

"Now safety and security has returned to Xinjiang," it said.

The group of ambassadors asked for the letter to be recorded as an official document of the Human Rights Council, which wrapped up its 41st session in Geneva on Friday.

The Western diplomats had made the same request.

Beijing on Thursday dismissed the Western letter as "slander."

The tit-for-tat open letters is rare at the UN's top rights body, where states typically try to hammer out formal resolutions during closed-door negotiations.

After initially denying their existence, Beijing has gone on a public relations blitz in a bid to counter the global outcry against what it calls "vocational education centres" in Xinjiang.

Since last October, the local government has also organised tours of the camps for diplomats and media outlets.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has requested a fact-finding mission to Xinjiang.

Beijing has said she is welcome, but the rights office has stressed that a visit will be only possible on certain conditions -- including unfettered access to key sites.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190712-37-countries-defend-china-over-xinjiang-un-letter

Why is Saudi Arabia supporting China? What message does it want to send? Is Saudi Arabia planning to overthrow USA for USA trying to overthrow Arab kingdoms in Arab Spring?

 

[beijingwalker]

No, not the wrong thread. I hope the VPN works fine : )

Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China's Xinjiang policy

This is what the thread is about, just in case you didn't see.

Why is Saudi Arabia supporting China? What message does it want to send? Is Saudi Arabia planning to overthrow USA for USA trying to overthrow Arab kingdoms in Arab Spring?

Actually Saudis have offered unequivocal support to China over Xinjiang from day one.

Japan seem to stick out from the group.

Even more remarkable is that Tukey didn't join them and sign the letter. Good decision!

 

[Lincoln]

This is what the thread is about, just in case you didn't see.


Actually Saudis have offered unequivocal support to China over Xinjiang from day one.

Yes, and I said. Dictatorial states supporting dictatorial policies. Is that shocking?

 

[beijingwalker]

Yes, and I said. Dictatorial states supporting dictatorial policies. Is that shocking?

So those 37 nations are dictatorial states and those 22 western nations are good guys? It's ok for people taking sides though.

China blasts 22-nation letter criticizing Xinjiang policies
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday attacked a statement signed by 22 Western countries at the United Nations.
The US did not sign the letter, having quit the Human Rights Council last year.
22 Western countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

No eastern and southern European countries signed the letter either, Europe is divided and the division line is very clear.

 

[WarKa DaNG]

Stop the genocide, finish the roots of evil not leaves

 

[Lincoln]

So those 37 nations are dictatorial states and those 22 western nations are good guys? It's ok for people taking sides though.


No eastern and southern European countries signed the letter either, Europe is divided and the division line is very clear.

It is very simple. These countries don't have democracies, or if they do, the system is rigged.

The reason they support China on this is because it sets a precedent for them to crack down on people like they don't like or people who oppose the Government without international opposition or condemnation.

In simpler words, it is about making a new normal. Which is why no one is acting on Sudan, or Venezuela.

 

[God Parshuram]

Uighur Muslims on verge of extinction in China.

 

[monitor]

fundamental human rights of people of all ethnic groups there had been safeguarded.

Uighur Muslim are denied religious activity like performing fast during Holy month of Ramadan, saying prayer ,circumcision of boys. There are sign of destroying mosques in those area too. What China wants is to systematically turning people from religion which is basic human rights .

 

[oprih]

Nice

 

[beijingwalker]

Uighur Muslim are denied religious activity like performing fast during Holy month of Ramadan, saying prayer ,circumcision of boys. There are sign of destroying mosques in those area too. What China wants is to systematically turning people from religion which is basic human rights .

If it were really so, why BD didn't join the westrn block to oppose China? And why not even one Muslim country, including Turkey, joined that western bunch in that show?

 

[beijingwalker]

Uighur Muslims on verge of extinction in China.

From 6 million a decade or so ago to today's over 10 milllion, it doesn't seem to be a sign of extinction.

In simpler words, it is about making a new normal. Which is why no one is acting on Sudan, or Venezuela.

I thought when they attacked Iraq, Lybia and Afghanistn on shaky or totally fake pretenses without UN authorization, they'd already set a new normal.

 

[Rasengan]

I guess my opinion was taken on by the Pakistani Govt and those who were criticizing me for supporting China seem irrelevant. Will they now claim the Pakistani Govt is worshiping the Chinese? I don't support PTI, however, pragmatic policies which are in the national interests of Pakistan will give me hope Khan Saab will change Pakistan for the better in the long term.

@beijingwalker notice how much of the Muslim world is supporting China on this issue. This is good news. China should have a good relationship with the Muslim world.