The United States will ban the entry of Xinjiang cotton and tomato products, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded
On January 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked a question. We noticed that the United States will prohibit the entry of Xinjiang cotton and tomato products. What’s China’s response?
Zhao Lijian said that China firmly opposes this. The so-called “forced labor” issue is entirely a century-old lie fabricated out of thin air by the United States and other individual Western countries’ institutions and personnel. Its purpose is to restrict the suppression of relevant parties and enterprises in China and contain China’s development. The U.S. concocted lies and took bad actions based on the lies. This not only violated international trade rules and market economy principles, but also undermined the global industrial chain and supply chain, and harmed the interests of enterprises and consumers in various countries, including the United States. Egoistic behavior.
What is disgraceful is that the US’s own “forced labor” problem has been in the newspapers from time to time. According to the Los Angeles Times, after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, inmates in some women’s prisons in the United States took the risk of contracting the epidemic and were forced to work overtime to produce masks. They worked 12 hours a day, but they could not own a mask. Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives in the United States have been taken away by the new crown virus. The “Floyds” cannot breathe, and even the most basic citizens’ health and safety rights cannot be guaranteed. I don’t know where the courage of individual American politicians is pointing to China’s Xinjiang policy?
Zhao Lijian pointed out that Xinjiang affairs are purely China’s internal affairs, and no country has the right and the right to interfere with it. The US should respect the basic facts, immediately revoke the wrong decision, and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs through Xinjiang-related issues. China will take all necessary measures to safeguard national interests and dignity, and firmly safeguard its own sovereignty, security and development interests.
