The US government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region.
Xinjiang genocide allegations are unjustified
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published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
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The US government has needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region.
Such a grave charge matters, as genocide is rightly considered the crime of crimes . Many pundits are now calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, dubbing them the Genocide Olympics .
The genocide charge was made on the final day of Donald Trump s administration by then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who made no secret of his belief in lying as a tool of US foreign policy. Now President Joe Biden s administration has doubled down on Pompeo s flimsy claim, even though the State Department s own top lawyers reportedly share our scepticism regarding the charge.
Apr 20, 2021
US President Joe Biden s administration has doubled down on the claim that
China is mounting a genocide against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang
region. But it has offered no proof, and unless it can, the State Department should withdraw the charge and support a UN-based investigation of the
situation in Xinjiang.
The US government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region. Such a grave charge matters, as genocide is rightly considered “the crime of crimes.” Many pundits are now calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, dubbing them the “Genocide Olympics.”
The genocide charge was made on the final day of Donald Trump’s administration by then-Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who made no secret of his belief in lying as a tool of US foreign policy. Now President Joe Biden’s administration has doubled down on Pompeo’s flimsy claim, even though the State Department’s own top lawyers reportedly share our skepticism regarding the charge.