President Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, calling mass detention a “different rule” – despite the State Department responding this month to “atrocities” in the camps after reports of systematic rape and torture.
The commander-in-chief made the comments after being questioned during his prefecture on CNN on Tuesday night about his recent conversation with his Chinese counterpart, beginning his response by relaying Xi’s justification for the abuses.
“If you know anything about Chinese history, it always has been, the time when China was victimized by the outside world is when they were not unified at home,” began Biden. “So the main thing – well, largely exaggerated – Xi Jinping’s central tenet is that there must be a tightly controlled and united China. And he uses his reasoning for the things he does based on that. “
China, a nation that has faced a wave of international scrutiny in recent years over its activities in dismantling democracy in Hong Kong and its refusal to accept responsibility for negligence and lack of transparency at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, not that global tensions stop the mass internment of Uighurs in Xinjiang province.
President Biden continued in his response that he “will not speak out against” the Chinese Communist Party’s belligerent actions in Hong Kong, against the Uighurs or in Taiwan.
“I point out to him that no American president can be sustained as president unless it reflects the values of the United States,” continued the President of the United States. “And then the idea that I’m not going to speak out against what he’s doing in Hong Kong, what he’s doing with the Uighurs in the western mountains of China and Taiwan – trying to end China’s policy by making it strong … [Xi] receive it. “
“Culturally, there are different standards that each country and its leaders must follow,” he continued.
The “norms” in China, as shown in a recent BBC News complaint, include systemic torture and rape occurring in Uighur concentration camps.
After the release of the BBC report, China banned the vehicle in its territory.
Asked during the city hall whether there would be repercussions for the CCP on the genocide, Biden avoided the issue, saying that the United States “would reaffirm our role as spokespersons for human rights at the UN and other agencies”.
“Well, there will be repercussions for China and [Xi] Know this. What I’m doing is making it clear that we, in fact, are going to continue to reaffirm our role as human rights spokespeople at the UN and other agencies that have an impact on their attitude, ”he said.
Asked if China was no longer too powerful to be stopped from its terrible human rights practices, Biden expressed confidence that human rights would win the day.
“China is working hard to become the world leader. And to get that nickname and be able to do that, they need to win the trust of other countries. And as long as they are engaged in activities contrary to basic human rights, it will be difficult for them to do so.
“But it is much more complicated than that, I shouldn’t try to talk about China’s politics in 10 minutes on television here.”
A White House spokesman was not immediately found by The Post for comment.
During his confirmation hearings last month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken specifically agreed with outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to identify the Chinese government’s treatment of Uighur Muslims as “genocide” and said that “there was a strong and bipartisan commitment long with Taiwan … [and] the commitment to Taiwan is something we strongly advocate. “
Biden did not publicly acknowledge the receipt of a congratulatory call from the president of Taiwan.