On March 26, after the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying showed a video to reporters present.
The video shows that former U.S. Secretary of State Powell’s office director and former Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (Lawrence Wilkerson) spoke at the Ron Paul Institute in August 2018 about the three-fold purpose of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, one of them It is to contain China.
After the video was played, Hua Chunying said that in this "blockbuster" produced by the American director, some politicians of the United States and its allies, including some media, played an extremely disgraceful role.
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Hua Chunying said that they are either in collusion with anti-China forces, creating rumors and smearing without a bottom line; or out of ideological prejudice, they would rather believe the lies fabricated by a handful of anti-China elements than listen to more than 25 million people in Xinjiang. The common aspirations of the ethnic people are unwilling to face up to the basic facts of development and progress in Xinjiang.
They frequently invoke so-called "credible" witnesses or information sources, and they are filled with outrage to "defend" human rights in Xinjiang.
"So, after seeing this video of Wilkerson, do they trust their senior government officials more or continue to believe in those botched actors?"
"I want to warn the U.S. that today's China is not Iraq, nor Syria, nor the late Qing under the iron feet of the Eight-Power Allied Forces." Hua Chunying said that China is open and honest, and the facts and truth will pierce all malice against China. Lies and rumors, China has sufficient determination, will and ability to resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and safeguard national interests and dignity.
"Friends from journalists, after watching this video, are all the lies and false information surrounding Xinjiang solved today? It's time for the drama directed by the US to end!" Hua Chunying said.
(Produced by Guo Shihao)
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]