The Chinese embassy posted a vitriolic message against Canada on its website on Tuesday the day after the almost unanimous vote in parliament recognizing that a “genocide” is taking place in China against Uyghur Muslims.
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The vote on the Conservative motion also included an amendment asking the government to pressure the International Olympic Committee to relocate the Beijing Winter Games, scheduled for 2022.
“The majority of Canadian MPs who support the above motion have never been to Xinjiang or even China. They have engaged in political manipulation on matters related to Xinjiang under the guise of human rights, in an attempt to interfere in China’s internal affairs and gain political profit by playing the China card. What hypocrisy and what wickedness! ”, Is it written on the website of the embassy.
Note that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet, with the exception of Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau, did not stand for the vote. Mr. Garneau abstained.
“[Les députés] are still trying to keep putting their noses into 21st century China. What arrogance and what ignorance! They are hypocritical about the Beijing Winter Olympics by basing themselves on political lies and politicizing sport, which is totally against the Olympic Charter and endangers the Olympics and the Olympic Games. interests of athletes around the world. What selfishness and what narrow-mindedness! ” adds the embassy.
China has consistently denied that a “genocide” was taking place in Xinjiang in the west of the country, despite numerous detailed reports from several credible media outlets and human rights organizations around the world that mass persecutions against Uyghurs, Muslims who are the majority in this region.
This vote in parliament has worsened relations with China, strained since the arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, at the request of the United States in 2018.
China responded by arresting two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Still detained, they are accused of espionage in China.
“We ask these politicians to face reality, to stop meddling in China’s internal affairs, to stop using the Xinjiang issue to defend their own interests, and to stop playing pranks. anti-China, otherwise they will end up humiliating themselves, ”concludes the message from the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa.