LONDON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- People of all ethnic groups living in China's Xinjiang are best positioned to tell the real story there, said a Chinese diplomat in an online media briefing about Xinjiang. Speaking at the online conference "Xinjiang is a Wonderful Land," co-hosted with the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Chinese Embassy in Britain, Charge d'Affaires Yang Xiaoguang said Friday that for some time, certain forces bent on containing China have fabricated a large amount of "lies of the century" about Xinjiang.
The Global Times has learned that the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a non-governmental organization that aims to promote better standards in cotton farming, has suspended licenses to companies in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a move that may deal a blow to related industries in the region. BCI's decision has been made right when the anti-China forces in the US and some Western countries are making concerted efforts to slander China's policies in its Xinjiang region.
A comprehensive research report on ethnic minority workers from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region working in South China's Guangdong Province will soon be released by the Institute for Communication and Borderland Governance of Jinan University. The report, compiled through field studies and concrete investigations, shows the real situation of these workers, which is totally different from the "forced labor" lies spread by infamous anti-China pseudo-scholar Adrian Zenz in his report.
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The average life expectancy in China's Xinjiang has risen from 30 years to 72 years in the past over 60 years, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.
