ISLAMABAD – China has declared Xinjaing region bordering Pakistan as anopen region of China.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang has announced that its farwestern region’s Xinjiang is an open place. The spokesman this said in abriefing in Beijing. The region is bordering with Pakistan.
He cautioned those who would visit to “abide by the purposes andprinciples of the UN Charter and refrain from interfering in others’internal affairs or undermining others’ sovereignty.”
They should adopt an objective and unbiased attitude and avoid buyingone-sided stories or making preconceptions. “We would like to remain incontact with the relevant UN agencies and meet each other halfway,” he said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying also hit back againstfifteen ambassadors to China who expressed concerns over Xinjiang in aNovember letter, calling their actions “rude and unacceptable.”
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A small group of foreign journalists were taken to Xinjiang as part ofChina’s plan to showcase the far western region’s social and economicprogresses amid increasing international criticism of a systematiccrackdown against Muslim minority Uyghurs.
According to reports China recently took diplomats from a dozen countries,including Pakistan, with large Muslim populations to Xinjiang provincewhere members of the Uyghur community have been interned in camps.
Separately, a small group of foreign journalists were also taken to the farwestern region as part of Beijing’s plan to showcase Xinjiang’s “social andeconomic progress” amid increasing international criticism of a systematiccrackdown against the Muslim minority community.
