The Chinese government commits genocide against the Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim groups in the region of Xinjiang. The evidence substantiating the accusations includes leaked documents produced by the officials committing the crimes and the testimony of many victims of the programs designed to wipe out their cultural identity. The Uyghurs have suffered systematic indoctrination, torture, rape, murder.
“Huh? No. Not at all!” is the rebuttal of Chinese officials stuck with the job of denying the facts. Plus, the Uyghurs are all very happy.
According to a BBC article published in May 2022, “China denies all allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. In response to the Xinjiang Police Files, China’s foreign ministry spokesman told the BBC that the documents were ‘the latest example of anti-China voices trying to smear China.’ He said Xinjiang enjoyed stability and prosperity and residents were living happy, fulfilled lives.”
From the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, we learn that “The human rights of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are fully protected. There is no ‘genocide’ or ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang.”
This statement, part of a much larger effusion of fiction, is labeled a “Reality Check.”
In The Guardian, Zheng Zeguang, China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, sounds definitive: “The so-called witnesses the organisers have put together are merely actors who have been making up the so-called persecution that never happened at all.”
People talk like this because of obedience to marching orders, not careful review of evidence.
