China to issue report on US violations of human rights
2020 ‘ a declining point’ for American democracy
China will issue a report on US human rights violations as Washington’s failed anti- epidemic efforts in the past year worsened social division, aggravated political chaos and racial discrimination.
China’s State Council Information Office will in the near future issue a full report on human rights violations in the US in 2020, an official statement said on Monday.
The report came after the US and some other Western countries, as well as media, launched a “big lie” diplomatic offensive against China on Xinjiang and COVID- 19 topics.
The document details facts regarding Washington’s incompetent pandemic containment leading to tragic outcomes, American democracy’s disorder triggering political chaos, ethnic minorities suffering racial discrimination, continuous social unrest threatening public security, growing polarization between the rich and the poor, aggravating social inequality, and the US trampling on international rules resulting in humanitarian disasters, Xinhua reported.
The US’ deteriorating human rights record has also been criticized by international experts. Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new US government to adopt wide- ranging reforms to end police violence and address systemic racism and racial discrimination.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Monday’s media briefing that “we hope the US will abandon double standards, and face up to serious human rights issues such as racism and violent law enforcement, and take concrete measures to protect human rights.”
Zhu Ying, deputy director of the National Human Rights Education and Training Base of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, told the Global Times on Monday that the 2020 report – which objectively depicted the true human rights situation in the US – revealed a turning point of the US’ democratic system, based on the key points of the report released on Monday.
“Triggered by the pandemic, 2020 was a turning point for the US’ democratic system from victory to decline, and Joe Biden will not reverse the declining trend of its democratic system,” Zhu said.
Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, said that violations of human rights in the US were serious. “The poor handling of the COVID- 19 pandemic in the US caused more than 500,000 deaths, much greater than any other country around the globe, and that this kind of tragedy happened in a country like the US – a super power with the most advanced medical technology in the world – is an unforgiveable mistake by the US government.”
Compared with the facts like the Texas power crisis, the death of George Floyd and the huge number of COVID- 19 deaths, many criticisms the US raised against China, such as the claim of “genocide” in Xinjiang, are totally groundless, Lü told the Global Times on Monday.