China hits back at UK over allegations of Uyghur genocide
The British Parliament passed a nonbinding motion Thursday that said China's policies amounted to genocide as well as crimes on humanity.
Sunday, 25th April 2021
In recent years, it is estimated 1 million people or many more have also been confined in camps in Xinjiang, according to foreign authorities and researchers. Most are Uyghurs, a largely Muslim as well as ethnic group; Authorities have been accused of requiring forced labour, regular forced birth control, and torture.
The Chinese government flatly rejected the allegations. It has characterised the camps, which it says are now closed, as vocational education centres to teach Chinese writing, job skills and the law to support economic development and fight extremism. China saw a wave of Xinjiang-related terrorist initiatives through 2016.Xu said that hotels in Kashgar, a historic Silk Road city in Xinjiang, was empty a few years ago, and entrepreneurs unwilling to invest as tourism fell off because of terrorism fears. He said the government's plans had restored hard-won maturity.
The Foreign Ministry labelled the genocide charges "a monstrous lie concocted by international anti-China forces."
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