{"id":809161,"date":"2021-09-24T08:58:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809161"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:03:46","slug":"john-kerry-draws-criticism-for-brushing-off-question-on-ccps-crimes-against-uyghurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-draws-criticism-for-brushing-off-question-on-ccps-crimes-against-uyghurs\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kerry Draws Criticism for Brushing Off Question on CCP\u2019s Crimes Against Uyghurs"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjohn-kerry-draws-criticism-for-brushing-off-question-on-ccps-crimes-against-uyghurs%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=809161&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. climate envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-john-kerry\">John Kerry<\/a> appeared to be indifferent to the plight of Uyghurs in China when he said \u201clife is always full of tough choices\u201d in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2021-09-22\/china-needs-to-act-faster-on-climate-change-john-kerry-says-video\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry was asked, \u201cClearly a priority of the Biden administration is really addressing climate, but it\u2019s not the only priority. There are other things as well, such as the Uyghur situation in the West. What is the process by which one trades off climate against human rights?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Kerry said: \u201cLife is always full of tough choices in the relationship between nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To back up his argument, Kerry pointed to former President Ronald Reagan\u2014who according to Kerry \u201cthought the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire\u201d\u2014but went to Iceland to meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Reykjav\u00edk Summit in October 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting ultimately resulted in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point I\u2019m making is that, even as there were egregious human rights issues, which Ronald Reagan called them out on, we have to find a way forward to make the world safer, to protect our countries, and act in our interests,\u201d Kerry continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can do and must do the same thing now,\u201d he added. \u201cYes, we have issues, a number of different issues [with China], but first and foremost, this planet must be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-chinese-communist-party\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a> (CCP) is committing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-admin-declares-beijings-repression-in-xinjiang-a-genocide_3662785.html\">genocide<\/a> against Uyghurs in China\u2019s far-western Xinjiang region, subjecting them to forced sterilization, forced abortion, torture, forced labor, and the removal of children from their families. Additionally, the communist regime has detained more than one million Uyghurs in internment camps.<\/p>\n<p>Uyghur and Kazakhstan national Gulbakhar Jalilova, 54, a former detainee, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/prisoners-tortured-drugged-killed-by-injection-in-xinjiang-re-education-camps-ex-inmate-reveals_2738106.html\">The Epoch Times<\/a> in 2018 that detained Uyghurs were psychologically and physically tortured, poisoned, and even killed by injection of unknown drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2018, another former Uyghur detainee, a Kazakhstan national aged 54, who spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/former-uyghur-inmates-tell-of-torture-and-rape-in-chinas-re-education-camps_2689053.html\">The Epoch Times<\/a> on condition of anonymity, said young girls were being raped inside these camps and were given pills to stop them from becoming pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-michael-mccaul\">Michael McCaul<\/a> (R-Texas), the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has since issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/mccaul-kerrys-goulish-response-on-genocide-divorced-from-american-values-and-interests\/\">statement<\/a> criticizing Kerry\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial Envoy John Kerry\u2019s ghoulish response dismissing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-genocide\">genocide<\/a> is divorced from American values and interests, and I strongly urge him to immediately retract it,\u201d McCaul stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe United States should never ignore atrocities and genocide in exchange for commitments made by the CCP on climate, especially when the CCP has a proven track record of ignoring their international commitments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on Secretary Blinken to provide a full reporting of exactly what commitments Special Envoy Kerry is making to China on behalf of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called Kerry\u2019s remarks \u201chorrific\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1440755762486145026\">Twitter<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden Dems: We care about $$ much more than human rights, slavery or Chinese concentration camps,\u201d Cruz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Munich-based World Uyghur Congress did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Kerry traveled to China seeking Beijing\u2019s cooperation on climate change. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/beijing-demands-us-fulfill-wish-list-in-exchange-for-cooperation-on-climate-change_3977696.html\">meeting<\/a> with Kerry to demand Washington \u201cpay attention to and pro-actively respond to China\u2019s \u2018two lists\u2019 and \u2018three bottom lines.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the lists asked the United States to correct its \u201cwrongdoings,\u201d including revoking its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-chinese-communist-party\">sanctions on CCP officials<\/a>, which were announced by the United States in response to widely reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-chinese-official-over-role-in-persecuting-spiritual-practice-falun-gong_3613083.html\">human<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-2-more-chinese-officials-paramilitary-group-for-rights-abuses-in-xinjiang_3445449.html\">rights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-sanctions-six-foreign-officials-over-recent-mass-arrests-in-hong-kong_3658425.html\">abuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16012286f4bb1eaf_ttl7dayTVf_WEB_FrankFang1.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Fang\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Frank Fang<\/p>\n<p>journalist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master&#8217;s degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. climate envoy John Kerry appeared to be indifferent to the plight of Uyghurs in China when he said \u201clife is always full of tough choices\u201d in a recent interview &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809161","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\/809161","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809161\/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=809161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}