{"id":412,"date":"2019-05-09T23:43:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/?p=412"},"modified":"2019-05-09T23:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:43:43","slug":"china-denounces-xinjiang-concentration-camp-accusation-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/2019\/05\/09\/china-denounces-xinjiang-concentration-camp-accusation-by-us\/","title":{"rendered":"China denounces Xinjiang \u2018concentration camp\u2019 accusation by US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> 7 May 2019 07:50\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/author\/afp\/\">AFP<\/a>2 min read   <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2019\/05\/07\/china-denounces-xinjiang-concentration-camp-accusation-us\/?fbclid=IwAR3gHuQ2AhR_irpBT-ulluBVA0548E_nsYJvRw9yycM5GPqaXE3Q2Iqavxw\">https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2019\/05\/07\/china-denounces-xinjiang-concentration-camp-accusation-us\/?fbclid=IwAR3gHuQ2AhR_irpBT-ulluBVA0548E_nsYJvRw9yycM5GPqaXE3Q2Iqavxw<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China&nbsp;on Monday rejected a US official\u2019s accusation that three million people are held in \u201cconcentration camps\u201d in Xinjiang, a northwest region home to most of the country\u2019s ethnic Uighur minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comments are \u201ctotally inconsistent with the facts\u201d, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a regular press briefing in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"336\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-4.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DxdszuzXcAAlcct.jpg\" alt=\"xinjiang camp detention\" class=\"wp-image-192313\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>File photo posted by the Xinjiang Judicial Administration to its WeChat account. File photo: Xinjiang Judicial Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese side expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also once again urge the relevant parties in the US to\u2026 stop interfering with&nbsp;China\u2019s internal affairs through the Xinjiang issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to estimates cited by a UN panel, upwards of one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic minorities are being held in detention centres in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randall Schriver, US assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, called the centres \u201cconcentration camps\u201d at a press briefing last week and estimated that the figure was \u201clikely closer to three million\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schriver also voiced concerns over&nbsp;China\u2019s internal security forces, which he said are used for \u201cmass imprisonment of Chinese Muslims\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/POWERPNT_2018-09-11_11-28-59.jpg\" alt=\"Geng shuang\" class=\"wp-image-176953\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang. Photo: China gov\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Beijing previously denied the existence of the camps, it has moved towards acknowledging them, though it describes them as \u201cvocational training centres\u201d that are vital in the fight against separatist sentiments and religious extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also gone on a public relations blitz since last October in a bid to counter a global outcry against the camps by inviting diplomats and journalists to tour the centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt present, Xinjiang is politically stable, its economy is developing, and the society there is harmonious,\u201d said Geng at the press briefing. \u201cThe people live and work in peace.\u201d<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 May 2019 07:50\u00a0AFP2 min read https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2019\/05\/07\/china-denounces-xinjiang-concentration-camp-accusation-us\/?fbclid=IwAR3gHuQ2AhR_irpBT-ulluBVA0548E_nsYJvRw9yycM5GPqaXE3Q2Iqavxw China&nbsp;on Monday rejected a US official\u2019s accusation that three million people are held in \u201cconcentration camps\u201d in Xinjiang, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6,4],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-camp-info","tag-human-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}