Washington’s anti-China political business will drain its political credibility
Gaowang China Net Current Affairs Commentator
The performance of the United States on the Xinjiang issue is here again. On September 22, local time, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act", assuming that all products produced in Xinjiang involve "forced labour" and plans to ban the export of these products to the United States. China also responded, saying that it will continue to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, and firmly safeguard its own sovereignty, security and development interests.
This is the latest escalation of the US action against China on the Xinjiang issue. Since last year, the US executive and legislative bodies have collaborated with each other. Based on the infamous "Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act" and other bills, they have gradually escalated sanctions and imposed sanctions on many Chinese officials, relevant government agencies and companies. The frequency and breadth of the so-called sanctions have been increasing in an attempt to exercise long-arm jurisdiction over China’s Xinjiang governance.
In order to achieve its goals, the United States has recently continued to concoct the so-called "black material" of China's "suppression of Muslim minorities", desperately playing rhythm in the world's public opinion field, describing China's Xinjiang governance as a dark cloud, and knowing little about Xinjiang issues, but being right. People who are very conscious of human rights undertook high-intensity brainwashing, vainly trying to tell lies as truth, and piece together an alliance that pressures China on the Xinjiang issue, occupying the so-called moral high ground.
Is there still a moral high ground in the United States? Since the beginning of this year, a series of serious social problems in the United States have been concentrated in the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. In June, the United Nations Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on the human rights issue in the United States for the first time. The participants expressed serious concern about the death of an African American man Freud by police violence and condemned the systematic racial discrimination, racism, and violence against African Americans. Police violence. The United States became the defendant in embarrassment. In the face of the domestic "burning eyebrows" situation of the epidemic out of control and the wave of protests one after another, to say that the United States really cares about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, China at this time is just a dream. The more it cares, the more anxious the United States will feel.
This anxiety lies in the fact that the cards in the hands of the United States are not easy to play. Although Washington can continue to exert pressure on Beijing, its marginal cost can only grow. In 2019, Xinjiang's total import and export volume was 23.709 billion U.S. dollars, and Xinjiang's import and export volume to the United States was 613 million U.S. dollars, accounting for only 2.6%, and the proportion is rapidly declining. Even if the United States completely suspends trade with China’s Xinjiang, it will have little impact on Xinjiang’s economy. On the contrary, the relevant US chambers of commerce claim that it will only harm legal trade, and many companies have expressed dissatisfaction. Such sanctions can only add to the laughing stock.
Have Pompeo, Rubio and others really cared about Xinjiang, China? When violent and terror cases occurred in Xinjiang a few years ago, where was their voice? When the United States announced the ban on the Muslims, where was their voice? Their political double standard is not far from being shameless. Believing that China is a political resource that they can consume at will, messing up China and eliminating the biggest "hidden danger" of the United States' priority can achieve "success" in American politics, so they deliberately plan to give China on Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan issues. Find the difference, how long can they do this political business?
After all, time is on the side of justice. Facts have proved that various undertakings in Xinjiang are developing vigorously, and people’s lives are getting better every day. Living and working in peace and contentment has become the most important keyword in the hearts of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, which means tremendous progress in human rights and various well-being. The more Pompeo, Rubio and others attack Xinjiang, the more it shows that Xinjiang is developing well and that China's strategy for governing Xinjiang is correct.
Washington must not forget that continuous discrediting and suppressing China will only strengthen the Chinese people's determination to share the same enemy. If Washington continues to make the same mistakes, it will eventually drain their political credit.