{"id":119476,"date":"2021-02-06T07:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119476"},"modified":"2021-02-06T08:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T13:07:46","slug":"blinken-rebukes-china-for-human-rights-abuses-in-call-with-chinese-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-rebukes-china-for-human-rights-abuses-in-call-with-chinese-diplomat\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Rebukes China for Human Rights Abuses in Call with Chinese Diplomat"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fblinken-rebukes-china-for-human-rights-abuses-in-call-with-chinese-diplomat%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=119476&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--><p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-united-states\">United States<\/a> will stand up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-t-human-rights\">human rights<\/a> and democratic values in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-blinkens-call-with-prc-director-yang\/\">State Department said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also pressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> to condemn the military coup in Burma, and he reaffirmed that Washington will work with allies to hold China accountable for threatening the stability of the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-xinjiang-usa-idUSKBN2A338W\">disturbing reports<\/a> of systematic rape and sexual abuse of female detainees in Xinjiang, the State Department issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that the United States is \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by the reports and said there must be serious consequences for the atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC report earlier on Wednesday said women in the camps were subject to grave abuses, with the British broadcaster reporting that, \u201cSeveral former detainees and a guard have told the BBC they experienced or saw evidence of an organized system of mass rape, sexual abuse, and torture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3603783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/USA-TRADE-CHINA-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Workers walk by the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education center in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on Sept. 4, 2018. (Thomas Peter\/Reuters\/File Photo)<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials have denied those reports, with\u00a0Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin saying in a Feb. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1851855.shtml\">press conference<\/a>\u00a0that the BBC report was \u201crumors and lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the call with Blinken, Yang said that the United States should \u201ccorrect\u201d its recent mistakes and that both sides must respect each other\u2019s political systems and development paths, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry.\u00a0Yang, speaking in an online forum on Tuesday, also called on the United States to \u201cstop interfering\u201d on issues of Chinese sovereignty, including Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Tibet.<\/p>\n<p>Yang, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/beijing-tells-biden-administration-to-play-by-ccps-rules_3681191.html\">Feb. 1 speech<\/a>, warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing\u2019s \u201cred line,\u201d while taking aim at the Trump administration, saying that its \u201cmisguided policies\u201d had led the bilateral relationship to \u201cits most difficult period\u201d since the two countries established diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>Washington ended its diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing in 1979 but has maintained a robust relationship with the island based on the Taiwan Relations Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ait.org.tw\/our-relationship\/policy-history\/key-u-s-foreign-policy-documents-region\/taiwan-relations-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRA<\/a>). Under the Trump administration, the Taiwan-U.S. relationship warmed considerably, most evident by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s decision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pompeo-lifts-restrictions-on-us-contact-with-taiwan-officials_3650370.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to lift restrictions<\/a>\u00a0on how U.S. officials should interact with their Taiwanese counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-3659330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Mike Pompeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mike-Pompeo-1-1200x675-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3659330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mike-Pompeo-1-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Pompeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 12, 2021. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>Wenbin, meanwhile, built on Yang\u2019s remarks in a Feb. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1851855.shtml\">press conference,<\/a>\u00a0at which he was asked about a <a href=\"https:\/\/gy.usembassy.gov\/the-united-states-applauds-the-agreement-to-establish-a-taiwan-office-in-guyana\/\">statement issued<\/a> by the U.S. Embassy in Guyana welcoming the establishment of\u00a0a Taiwan Office in Guyana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelevant U.S. officials have made seriously wrong remarks in breach of the principle of international law and norms governing international relations, to which China is firmly opposed,\u201d he said. \u201cWe urge the U.S. side to correct its mistakes, take concrete actions to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiques, and act in a prudent manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one-China policy and the joint communiques are diplomatic arrangements under which the United States formally recognizes Taiwan not as a separate country, but as part of China, while still maintaining separate diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which includes security guarantees and support through arms sales, which in 2020 totaled around $5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Thursday described China as \u201cour most serious competitor\u201d and said Washington would continue to confront what he described as China\u2019s \u201cattack on human rights, intellectual property, and global governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019re ready to work with Beijing when it\u2019s in America\u2019s interest to do so,\u201d he added, suggesting a policy of greater engagement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-3687417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-with-mics-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3687417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/biden-with-mics-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden speaks about the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 5, 2021. (Alex Brandon\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The Global Times, a tabloid run by Chinese Communist Party paper the People\u2019s Daily, said in an editorial on Saturday that it expected the Biden administration to keep talking tough while improving cooperation in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is obviously different from the later period of Trump\u2019s administration, which had only hyped up antagonism between China and the U.S.,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Trump administration\u00a0confronted China on its human rights violations against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-chinese-official-over-role-in-persecuting-spiritual-practice-falun-gong_3613083.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falun Gong adherents<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-14-more-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-suppression_3607992.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hongkongers<\/a>, Muslim minorities, Tibetans, and Uyghurs by imposing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-hits-ccp-officials-with-visa-bans-over-tibet-access_3416125.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visa restrictions<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-14-more-chinese-officials-over-hong-kong-suppression_3607992.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctions<\/a>\u00a0against\u00a0Chinese Communist Party\u00a0(CCP) officials responsible for the abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Pompeo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-admin-declares-beijings-repression-in-xinjiang-a-genocide_3662785.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated<\/a>\u00a0the CCP\u2019s persecution of Uyghurs and other majority-Muslim ethnic minorities as genocide and \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese regime has often deflected international criticism against its own policies by claiming that certain issues, including its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-to-bar-entry-to-chinese-navy-officials-business-execs-involved-in-militarizing-south-china-sea_3656828.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">militarization efforts<\/a>\u00a0in the South China Sea and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-voices-support-for-taiwan-after-beijing-threatens-war_3676667.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coercion tactics<\/a>\u00a0against Taiwan, are \u201cinternal affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trumps-anti-communist-legacy_3662540.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought more<\/a>\u00a0indictments related to China\u2019s trade secrets theft and related crimes in 2019 than during the eight years of the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-3681329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/trump-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3681329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/trump-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (Alex Brandon\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-based China affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan said in a phone interview that the Chinese regime was using both soft and hard tactics to pressure the Biden administration, in the hopes of restarting official talks with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Yang\u2019s speech was an example of a soft approach, while recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-taiwan-tensions-rise-days-into-biden-presidency_3668962.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incursions into Taiwan\u2019s airspace<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-administration-chinas-sanctions-of-trump-officials-unproductive-and-cynical_3665499.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctions<\/a>\u00a0on former U.S. officials were hawkish tactics.<\/p>\n<p>His speech could be read as an indication that the Chinese regime would be willing to make concessions if the United States would promise not to cross the \u201cred lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Tang believes the Chinese regime wants to \u201crevert back to a time when human rights and commerce were decoupled from each other\u201d during negotiations, so that the regime could continue to do business with the United States, while ignoring human rights issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank Fang, Nicole Hao, and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday that the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5582,4636,4501,5576,5573,5579],"class_list":["post-119476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abuses","tag-blinken","tag-china","tag-human","tag-rebukes","tag-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119476","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}