China’s Overseas Ministry accused the White Home of mendacity on Friday when it claimed President Biden mentioned the genocide and enslavement of Uyghur Muslims together with his Beijing counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Thursday.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre advised reporters hours after the decision that Biden had “raised genocide and compelled labor practices by the [People’s Republic of China].”
“That's one thing that he raised about human rights, as he all the time does,” she stated. “That is, as we’ve stated, that anytime the president has a possibility, he raises that when he meets with one other chief, and known as on [the] PRC to stop its ongoing human rights abuses throughout China.”
When requested how Xi had responded, the press secretary stated: “They must reply on their very own. I can't communicate for President Xi.”
Chinese language Overseas Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan responded by blasting the administration in a Friday press convention.
“I can let you know that allegations of ‘genocide’ and ‘compelled labor’ in Xinjiang are pure lies,” Zhao stated. “You stated the White Home press secretary claimed that ‘genocide’ and ‘compelled labor’ got here up in final night time’s name. That's disinformation.”
Neither nation’s official readout of the decision talked about the Uyghurs, with the US assertion saying solely that the 2 leaders “mentioned a spread of points essential to the bilateral relationship and different regional and world points.”
“I’m not going to get right into a forwards and backwards with a PRC authorities spokesperson,” a Nationwide Safety Council spokesman advised The Submit Friday. “The president raised considerations about human rights with President Xi, as he all the time does. He was crystal clear about his considerations. He additionally raised the necessity to resolve the circumstances of Americans who're wrongfully detained or topic to exit bans in China.”
China has lengthy been accused of human rights abuses within the northwestern Xinjiang area, the place Uyghurs are held beneath horrendous situations whereas present process systematic torture and compelled sterilizations.
The US formally slapped the Asian superpower with sanctions in March 2021 and led a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Video games earlier this 12 months.
In December of final 12 months, Biden signed off on the Uyghur Compelled Labor Prevention Act, which prohibits the importation of products from the Xinjiang area until the importer can show they weren't manufactured utilizing compelled labor.
![Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that Biden "raised genocide and forced labor practices by the [People's Republic of China]" shortly after the call.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/karine-jean-pierre-biden-xi.jpg?w=1024)
Biden selected to not signal the invoice on digicam. Nevertheless, then-White Home press secretary Jen Psaki insisted the transfer wasn’t to spare China embarrassment.
“He indicators payments on digicam. Off digicam generally, generally on digicam,” Psaki stated. “We help the invoice and clearly we’ve been main the trouble on the planet to name out human rights abuses.”
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