The international community is afraid to protest against the obvious human rights crimes in China. There are ways and means to stand up to the regime.
opinionLea Deuber from Beijing
Published: March 5th, 2021, 9:39 pm—
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The delegates at the People’s Congress in Beijing greeted President Xi Jinping with applause.
Foto: Kevin Frayer (Getty Images)
The parliaments in the Netherlands and Canada have shown the way: in future they will call the Chinese human rights crimes in Xinjiang genocide. It is, of course, not the responsibility of parliaments to determine which legal facts correspond to China’s dealings with the Uyghurs. This is the task of the United Nations and the courts. The signal that the MPs send with the decision is nevertheless remarkable.
Researchers, human rights activists and journalists have extensively documented the scope and intent of China’s Xinjiang policy, most recently with the help of the Nankai-Reports. The construction of internment camps and prisons is documented by satellite images, according to experts it is the largest with more than a million people Mass internment since World War II. China is systematically demolishing centuries-old mosques, cemeteries and other cultural sites, suppressing the Uighur language and forcing people to assimilate. Children are separated from their parents, there are indications of forced sterilization and birth prevention. These are measures that, according to the UN Convention against Genocide, are punishable if they are carried out with the intention of completely or partially destroying an ethnic group.
For a reconciliation process, Beijing would have to take responsibility for its actions. That will not happen.
In principle, China will not change its minority policy. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the government has been taking action against groups it suspects are separatist forces. This also applies to other peripheral regions such as Inner Mongolia and Tibet. At the People’s Congress, the electoral system in Hongkong changed with the aim of further strengthening control over the Special Administrative Region. In order to resolve the tensions between the Communist Party and the minorities, but also Hong Kong, Beijing would have to grant autonomy. That is hardly imaginable under party leader Xi Jinping. For a reconciliation process, Beijing would have to take responsibility for its actions. That will not happen.
Nevertheless, the international community is not powerless. Ever since the US imposed sanctions, companies have been willing to take a closer look at their supply chains. The EU could target sanctions against key crime figures. Economic sanctions must also be discussed. So far, China has had little to fear from Europe. On the contrary, in December the EU, led by Germany, rewarded Beijing with an investment agreement.
The next catastrophe looms in February 2022. Then China wants that Beijing Winter Olympics open. Around 2,700 kilometers away from the “cruel treatment of minority rights”, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said in September, athletes are supposed to fight for gold medals. That can’t happen.
The international community is afraid to protest against the obvious human rights crimes in China. There are ways and means to stand up to the regime.
opinionLea Deuber from Beijing
Published: March 5th, 2021, 9:39 pm—
The delegates at the People’s Congress in Beijing greeted President Xi Jinping with applause.
Foto: Kevin Frayer (Getty Images)
The parliaments in the Netherlands and Canada have shown the way: in future they will call the Chinese human rights crimes in Xinjiang genocide. It is, of course, not the responsibility of parliaments to determine which legal facts correspond to China’s dealings with the Uyghurs. This is the task of the United Nations and the courts. The signal that the MPs send with the decision is nevertheless remarkable.
Researchers, human rights activists and journalists have extensively documented the scope and intent of China’s Xinjiang policy, most recently with the help of the Nankai-Reports. The construction of internment camps and prisons is documented by satellite images, according to experts it is the largest with more than a million people Mass internment since World War II. China is systematically demolishing centuries-old mosques, cemeteries and other cultural sites, suppressing the Uighur language and forcing people to assimilate. Children are separated from their parents, there are indications of forced sterilization and birth prevention. These are measures that, according to the UN Convention against Genocide, are punishable if they are carried out with the intention of completely or partially destroying an ethnic group.
In principle, China will not change its minority policy. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the government has been taking action against groups it suspects are separatist forces. This also applies to other peripheral regions such as Inner Mongolia and Tibet. At the People’s Congress, the electoral system in Hongkong changed with the aim of further strengthening control over the Special Administrative Region. In order to resolve the tensions between the Communist Party and the minorities, but also Hong Kong, Beijing would have to grant autonomy. That is hardly imaginable under party leader Xi Jinping. For a reconciliation process, Beijing would have to take responsibility for its actions. That will not happen.
Nevertheless, the international community is not powerless. Ever since the US imposed sanctions, companies have been willing to take a closer look at their supply chains. The EU could target sanctions against key crime figures. Economic sanctions must also be discussed. So far, China has had little to fear from Europe. On the contrary, in December the EU, led by Germany, rewarded Beijing with an investment agreement.
The next catastrophe looms in February 2022. Then China wants that Beijing Winter Olympics open. Around 2,700 kilometers away from the “cruel treatment of minority rights”, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said in September, athletes are supposed to fight for gold medals. That can’t happen.
Published: March 5th, 2021, 9:39 pm-
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