China rejects US claims on human rights abuses

China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations rejected a statement by Kelly Craft, the US permanent representative to the United Nations, on what she claimed was China’s human rights “abuses”.

“On June 30, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations issued a seriously biased statement, making baseless comments on China’s human rights situation and interfering in China’s internal affairs.

“China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition,” said a statement by a spokesperson of the Chinese mission.

China has achieved remarkable human rights progress. On its land of 9.6 million sq km, there is no war, no displacement, no fear.

The 1.4 billion Chinese people are living in peace, freedom and happiness.

This is the biggest human rights project and the best human rights practice, and the enormous contribution China has made to the global cause of human rights, it said.

It is the human rights situation in the United States that calls for international attention.

Recently, the UN Human Rights Council held an urgent debate and unanimously adopted a resolution, strongly condemning the continuing racially discriminatory practices which led to the death of George Floyd, said the statement.

“We urge the US to listen to the voice of justice from the international community . ... We urge the US to reflect on its own problems and let its people breathe.” — Xinhua