China News Service, Beijing, May 31 (Xie Yanbing) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on May 31.
A reporter asked: US Secretary of State Blinken recently smeared China on Xinjiang-related, Tibet-related, Hong Kong-related issues in his speech on China policy.
What is China's comment?
Zhao Lijian: Secretary Blinken said in his speech on China policy that there are so-called "genocide", "crimes against humanity" and "internment camps" in Xinjiang.
These claims are outright lies of the century.
China has repeatedly used facts to explain the truth.
Since the peaceful liberation of Tibet 70 years ago, economic prosperity, social harmony, and religious and cultural undertakings have flourished.
Since the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong, the so-called "beautiful landscape" by some US politicians has become history, and the "Pearl of the Orient" has once again shined.
These lies and rumors spread by the US side have been smashed by the truth again and again.
The more angrily American politicians repeat "genocide" and other lies, the more they will expose their bullying and hypocrisy, the more they will lower the credibility and image of the United States, and the more they will arouse the Chinese people's indignation at the actions of the United States.
The "pot" that the United States wants to throw to China is precisely the original sin and evil deeds that it cannot wash away.
American Indians have experienced genocide, crimes against humanity, and still live on reservations; African-Americans used to be "forced labor" on cotton plantations and are still "breathing", Martin Luther Kim's dream remains an unfulfilled dream.
In addition, the U.S. government is fighting the epidemic, making millions of lives pay for its irresponsibility and incompetence; the continuous shootings have shattered not only the so-called "American Dream", but also the hearts of countless American people; the United States is prone to aggression and armed intervention in other countries, causing more than 800,000 deaths in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other places, and more than 20 million becoming refugees.
Where did the US officials have the confidence and face to point fingers at China?
The US should earnestly respect China's sovereignty, security and development interests, stop fabricating and spreading all kinds of lies and rumors to smear and slander China, and stop using the so-called human rights issue to interfere in China's internal affairs.
What the US should do is to face up to its own human rights abuses, put aside the "teacher" style, and govern its own country well.
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