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| US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln delivers a speech at the Washington State Department on his first visit after the inauguration of US President Joe Biden on the 4th (local time). © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyeong Woo |
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blincoln pressed China to defend human rights and democracy in Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regions in his first call with Yang Jietsu’s diplomatic politician at the Chinese Communist Party.
According to Reuters and AFP, Minister Blincoln said in a phone call with Yang Jietz, who oversees China’s diplomacy, on Twitter, “The United States will protect our national interests, defend our democratic values, and China will protect the international system. “We made it clear that we will be held accountable for abuse.”
Regarding the currency, the US State Department said, “The United States will continue to defend human rights and democratic values in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.” He also explained, “I pressed China to join in condemning the military coup in Burma (Myanmar).”
Secretary Blincoln also said the United States will “cooperate with allies to hold the PRC (China) responsible for its activities that threaten stability in the Indo-Pacific, including the Taiwan Strait, and for damage to the normative international system.” He said he emphasized.
At a Senate approval hearing earlier, Secretary Blincoln said he would continue the Donald Trump administration’s public hardline. He said he agreed with the State Department’s decision under the Trump administration that China is committing genocide in Xinjiang.
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| Yang Jietsu, Chinese Political Bureau Member <자료사진> News1 © News1 Reporter Shin Woongsoo |
However, Yang Jietsu said that Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet are “China’s domestic problems,” and “external forces should not intervene.” According to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yang Jietsu told Blincoln that the United States should “correct” its recent mistakes, and that both sides should respect each other’s political system and path of development.
In a video speech at the international forum on the 2nd, Yang Jietsu said, “China is ready to cooperate with the United States to advance relations”. China-US relations will worsen, and US interests will also be undermined.”
He also urged the United States to “fully adhere to the principle of’One China’.” “The Taiwan issue is the most important and sensitive key issue in Sino-American relations.” China has regarded the Taiwan issue as a central and internal affair related to its sovereignty and territory.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Won-bin said at a regular briefing on the 5th, “the common interests of the two countries outweigh the differences,” and urged the United States to “stay in the middle with China” to improve relations.
However, criticism of China on human rights issues has not been mitigated. The State Department said on the 4th that it was “seriously concerned” about the disclosure of human rights abuses against Uighurs in Xinjiang, China.
Earlier, the British public broadcaster BBC reported that they were systematically raped and gang raped at the reeducation facility based on the testimony of women who had escaped the Uyghur reeducation facility.