The so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," which tries to strip Xinjiang from the global industrial chain through intimidation, seriously undermines the rights to employment and development of the people of all ethnic groups in the autonomous region. Tourists visit ruins of an ancient city in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 20, 2022.
Based on the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," the U.S.
ISTANBUL, July 21 (Xinhua) -- "In contrast to how it is presented in the West, I witnessed a different Xinjiang," a veteran Turkish journalist told Xinhua recently, refuting the Western rhetoric of so-called "human rights" violation or "forced labor" in the region. Recalling his nearly two-week tour in Xinjiang in 2019, Tunc Akkoc, the former general manager of Turkish daily Aydinlik, said, "It was fascinating to explore how happy those people were.
CAIRO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Claims circulated by the Western media about human rights violations in Xinjiang, such as "forced labor" and "genocide," are unjust and slanderous, an Egyptian columnist and writer has said. The real situation in Xinjiang "demonstrates a very high degree of economic and social development, eradication of poverty, uprooting of terrorism and full right to practice religious beliefs and cultural inheritances," Kamal Gaballa, also a member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Xinhua.