{"id":89452,"date":"2021-03-23T11:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:57:15","slug":"that-time-a-leaked-memo-proved-the-us-weaponizes-human-rights-against-nations-like-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/that-time-a-leaked-memo-proved-the-us-weaponizes-human-rights-against-nations-like-china\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time A Leaked Memo Proved The US Weaponizes \u2018Human Rights\u2019 Against Nations Like\u00a0China"},"content":{"rendered":"
The US, UK, EU and Canada have simultaneously\u00a0implemented new sanctions<\/a> against Chinese officials in yet another reminder that these nations consistently function as member states of a single empire<\/a> on foreign policy, and that the Biden administration is continuing right where the Trump administration left off<\/a> on anti-China hawkishness<\/a>.<\/p> The basis for these sanctions is listed as “human rights” violations in Xinjiang province, as US Secretary of State Tony Blinken explains<\/a>:<\/p> “Amid growing international condemnation, the PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. \u00a0The United States reiterates its calls on the PRC to bring an end to the repression of Uyghurs, who are predominantly Muslim, and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, including by releasing all those arbitrarily held in internment camps and detention facilities.”<\/p><\/blockquote> Blinken’s allegations are unfounded, as explained in this recent article from\u00a0The Grayzone<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and in this comprehensive video<\/a>\u00a0by the Youtube channel\u00a0Bay Area 415<\/a>. While it’s entirely possible that human rights violations could be happening in Xinjiang in some form and to some extent, the extremely flimsy and blatantly manipulated evidence we’ve seen so far for western claims of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” should draw immediate incredulity from anyone who remembers the lead-up to the Iraq invasion<\/a>. The only sane response to unfounded claims by known liars is skepticism and agnosticism until we are presented with proof that rises to the level required in a post-Iraq invasion world.<\/p>