FM Spokesman Refutes U.S. Human Rights Accusation

China is strongly displeased with and firmly opposed to the United States' action of distorting other countries' human rights situation, foreign ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said Saturday.

Zhu made the remarks in response to the U.S. State Department human rights report of the year 1999.

He said that the Chinese government has consistently respected the universal principles on human rights and actively committed itself to promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedom of the Chinese people in line with its national conditions.

After long-term and unremitting efforts, Zhu said that the human rights and basic freedom enjoyed by the Chinese people have been upgraded to an unprecedented historical level, adding that it is a fact known to all.

There exist serious human rights violations in the United States, yet those human rights abuses still continue to deteriorate, according to Zhu.

He said that the U.S. government pays no heed to its own human rights violations, but always meddles with other countries' internal affairs by issuing the so-called human rights reports and willfully distorts human rights situation in other countries.

He said that it is totally unreasonable and with ulterior motives for the U.S. to do so, adding that it is also a typical demonstration of double standards on human rights.

China hereby expresses its strong displeasure with and firm opposition to such action of the U.S., said Zhu.

"It must be pointed out that the U.S., running counter to the historical trend, persists to lodge a draft resolution concerning China at the United Nations conference on human rights in Geneva this year once again. It will end up in failure as always," Zhu said.

The Chinese side urges the U.S. to observe the fundamental principles in international relations, correct its erroneous doings, and stop interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries by utilizing the so-called human rights question, Zhu said.

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