"An envoy from #China's #Xinjiang province said that Chinese authorities are ready for a “fight” with “anti-China” critics in the West and elsewhere over allegations of rights abuses in the anti-extremism campaign against Uyghurs...news.yahoo.com/china-envoy-vo…
... and other Muslim ethnic groups in the region."
"Xinjiang government spokesman Xu Guixiang said Chinese authorities won't be afraid if “anti-China forces” attempt to use the ongoing Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to seek greater scrutiny of the situation in Xinjiang."
"Xu has spoken repeatedly in defense of China's policies designed to fight violent extremism in Xinjiang. This week he is heading a delegation in Geneva to take the message to the rights office and diplomats at the 47-member state council."
“If some forces in the international community — or even anti-China forces — make so-called ‘Xinjiang-related motions' or so-called ‘resolutions,’ we won’t be afraid,” Xu said. "We will take countermeasures resolutely and fight."
Xu acknowledged, in a somewhat unusual admission: “Of course, the human rights situation in Xinjiang is in a process of further improving and making more efforts,” before adding, ...
... “but there is no such thing as the massive violation of human rights as claimed by the Xinjiang report.”
He said China is looking for “exchange, dialogue and cooperation” and hopes to “learn from the beneficial measures taken by other countries in the world” on human rights.
But Xu also insisted unspecified “human rights disasters” perpetrated by Western countries should be investigated, too.
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