The accusation of \u201cgenocide\u201d in China\u2019s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has no foundation nor evidence and more people from the international community are seeing rumors on Xinjiang being exposed, Chinese and foreign experts said during an online forum on topics about China\u2019s Xinjiang on Friday .
\nA group of Chinese scholars organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association visited Urumqi, Hotan and Kashi prefectures in China\u2019s Xinjiang during the past week and shared their experiences with international scholars at the international online forum themed \u201cXinjiang in My Eyes\u201d on Thursday.
\nChinese experts showed videos and pictures they took during their trips in the three cities and many said the region has experienced great developments compared to their previous trips here, which proved the anti-terrorism and deradicalization measures have been effective. There has not been any terrorist or violent events in Xinjiang for more than four years.
\nGiven that the US and some Western countries are trying to label China as committing \u201cgenocide\u201d toward Uygurs in its Xinjiang region, John Ross, former director of Economic and Business Policy of London, said at the forum that \u201cgenocide is one of the most terrible crimes in history\u201d and usually mentioned when discussing real events that took place, like what Germany did to the Jews and when Britain killed native people in Tasmania.
\nIt would be disgraceful to use \u201cgenocide\u201d to accuse China of a crime that does not exist and it would hurt those who have actually suffered such terrible crimes, said Ross, noting that the world has seen many big lies which caused terrible wars and each time the truth emerged eventually after many people died, for example, the Vietnam and Iraq wars. However, \u201cgenocide\u201d in China\u2019s Xinjiang has still been claimed by some.
\nRoss gave several reasons that disproved claims of \u201cgenocide\u201d of Uygurs in China\u2019s Xinjiang, including that the Uygur population in Xinjiang has outnumbered other ethnic groups for the past years; and if the accusation that around a million people were kept in \u201ccamps\u201d was true there would be numerous pictures but currently the so-called images of \u201ccamps\u201d in Xinjiang have been found to be schools or other normal facilities.
\nThere is no genocide, no forced sterilization and no forced labor in China\u2019s Xinjiang region, said Graham Perry, visiting professor of Dispute Resolution at the University of International Business and Economics at the forum.
\nPerry said that when he first heard of such accusations against China, he did research and questioned reports on Xinjiang made by German scholar Adrian Zenz, who gave no actual evidence.
\nWhen talking about genocide, something really terrible must have occurred, such as the massacre of the Jews, but there is no evidence to accuse China of committing \u201cgenocide.\u201d Germany witnessed rising anti-Semitism around 1930 before the massacre of the Jews. China has no history, no experience nor record of racism, and there is no hatred toward any ethnic groups in China, the professor said.
\nHe noted that the main reason for the US to hype Xinjiang topics is China\u2019s success, which the US thinks is unacceptable and a big threat to its own hegemony.
\nJeffrey D. Sachs, American economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University also expressed his concerns on the US\u2019 decision to throw around the word \u201cgenocide\u201d against China. He said there is no evidence to support it, and the media is widely using this \u201cexplosive\u201d word to stimulate the situation, including calling for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games.
\nBut there should be no cold war and the world needs cooperation to deal with shared challenges, according to Sachs.
\nWu Hailong, President of China Public Diplomacy Association, concluded at the forum that seeing is believing and hoped that people who are interested in the situation in China\u2019s Xinjiang can visit the region and see local residents\u2019 happy lives with their own eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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