{"id":1036024,"date":"2021-11-20T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036024"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:28:57","slug":"long-arm-of-china-marriott-prague-refused-to-host-uyghur-conference-over-political-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-arm-of-china-marriott-prague-refused-to-host-uyghur-conference-over-political-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Arm of China: Marriott Prague Refused to Host Uyghur Conference Over \u2018Political Neutrality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flong-arm-of-china-marriott-prague-refused-to-host-uyghur-conference-over-political-neutrality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-904038172-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Marriott Hotel in Prague reportedly caved to pressure from Communist China and refused to host an event from activists and leaders from the Uyghur community, claiming it would have violated their policy on \u201cpolitical neutrality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>An event hosted by&nbsp;the World Uyghur Congress, an umbrella organization that promotes human rights efforts for ethnic Uyghurs \u2014 the majority of which live in China\u2019s Xinjiang province \u2014 was barred from taking place at the Marriot Hotel in Prague earlier this month, despite frequently hosting other political events.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>An email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/marriott-uyghur-conference-d6deb429-9b5e-4759-ba10-98d59e81be12.html\">obtained<\/a> by Axios responding to the request to host the event at the American-owned hotel chain stated:&nbsp;\u201cThank you very much for your visit today. Unfortunately, I have to inform you that we are not able to offer the premises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consulted the whole matter with our corporate management. For reasons of political neutrality, we cannot offer events of this type with a political theme. Thank you once again for your time and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Western companies and institutions have in recent years increasingly caved under pressure by the communist regime in Beijing, with many brands kowtowing to the Chinese out of fear of losing access to the lucrative market.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Responding to the decision by the Marriot to prohibit the event on the basis of \u201cpolitical neutrality\u201d,&nbsp;a&nbsp;spokesman for the World Uyghur Conference told Breitbart London:&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s not a fair response at all. This is a clear indication of China\u2019s long arm, and how corporations are easily under the sway of the Chinese government when they have access to the Chinese market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dangerous pattern, Chinese interference and retaliation are compromising our democracies and fundamental freedoms. Corporations must not be complicit in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Marriot told Axios that the decision was not made at the corporate level and would not have violated the company\u2019s neutrality policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working with the hotel team to provide additional training and education on our longstanding practices of inclusion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9878048780488\">\n<p lang=\"cs\" dir=\"ltr\">Mluv\u010d\u00ed Velvyslanectv\u00ed \u010c\u00ednsk\u00e9 lidov\u00e9 republiky v \u010cesk\u00e9 republice odpov\u011bd\u011bl na t\u00e1zku novin\u00e1\u0159e ohledn\u011b proti\u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdch separatistick\u00fdch aktivit \u201eSv\u011btov\u00e9ho ujgursk\u00e9ho kongresu\u201c v \u010cesk\u00e9 republice<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KcWejDw2x4\">https:\/\/t.co\/KcWejDw2x4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXTYrSC5sb\">pic.twitter.com\/TXTYrSC5sb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chinese Embassy in CZ (@ChineseEmbinCZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChineseEmbinCZ\/status\/1459112838589517828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;World Uyghur Congress, which was able to find alternative venues in Prague to host the conference, was criticised by the Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1238846.shtml\">calling<\/a> the organisation \u201ca violent, terrorist and separatist organization that is seeking to split China\u2019s Xinjiang region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at the conference, the Mayor of Prague,&nbsp;Zden\u011bk H\u0159ib <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UyghurCongress\/status\/1459197206888693766\">said<\/a> in response:&nbsp;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI hear that China is unhappy about this conference being held here in Prague. Well, I am unhappy there\u2019s a country in 2021 that has concentration camps.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/03\/10\/dozens-experts-confirm-china-has-committed-every-act-definition-genocide\/\">repeatedly accused<\/a> of operating a genocide of its Uyghur minority, including by the British parliament, with it being estimated that as many as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/05\/06\/feds-china-muslim-crackdown-number-detainees-may-have-tripled-less-than-1-year\/\">three million<\/a>&nbsp;people have been forced into the concentration camp system in Xinjiang at its peak. More recent estimates suggest that there are still some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/04\/29\/u-s-report-nearly-2-million-muslims-trapped-in-chinese-concentration-camps-as-pandemic-began\/\">two million<\/a>&nbsp;Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz people, among other ethnic minorities in the concentration camps.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous accounts from survivors have claimed that within the camps, there is widespread&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2019\/10\/07\/concentration-camp-survivors-china-using-forced-sterilization-abortion-for-genocide\/\">sterilisation<\/a>&nbsp;of women, as well as the use of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/11\/29\/china-attacks-uighur-torture-victim-its-easy-to-tell-the-woman-was-lying\/\">torture<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/10\/14\/world-view-china-defends-million-prisoner-re-education-camps-for-uighur-muslims\/\">rape<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/videos\/v\/MzFWeQ0c\/\">organ harvesting<\/a>&nbsp;against the inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>The CCP, for its part, has officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2018\/09\/13\/china-muslim-torture-camps-are-necessary-education-centers\/\">claimed<\/a> that the camps are merely&nbsp;\u201cvocational training centers\u201d meant to increase the skills of ethnic minorities to help them compete in the Chinese economy.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that the Marriott Hotel chain has been embroiled in a controversy surrounding China. The hotel chain issued an apology to the communist state after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2018\/01\/18\/western-companies-bow-chinese-bullying-censor-mentions-taiwan-tibet-websites\/\">allegedly insulting<\/a> its territorial integrity by treating the nation of Taiwan, as well as the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau as separate \u201ccountries\u201d on their website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t support separatist groups that subvert the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China,\u201d the chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jan\/12\/marriott-apologises-to-china-over-tibet-and-taiwan-error\">stated<\/a> in an apology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.441558441558\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur Muslim woman who became an activist after multiple stays at a Chinese concentration camp, told Breitbart News the harrowing details of her torture in these facilities before escaping to the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7HeaSmnSiw\">https:\/\/t.co\/7HeaSmnSiw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1460603368657850372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marriott Hotel in Prague reportedly caved to pressure from Communist China and refused to host an event from activists and leaders from the Uyghur community, claiming it would have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}