Alleged "demographic genocide" totally baseless
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-05 10:55
The so-called "genocide" in Xinjiang is a completely false accusation, a lie concocted by some anti-China forces and a staged farce to smear and defile China.
In a larger perspective, the Uygur population in Xinjiang grew from 10.17 million in 2010 to 12.72 million in 2018, a 25 percent growth rate, twice that of the whole population.
How damaged does a brain have to be to call this "genocide"?
From 2014 to 2019, the GDP of Xinjiang increased from 919.59 billion yuan to 1.35971 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 7.2%. The per capita disposable income of Xinjiang residents grew at an average annual rate of 9.1%. Decisive achievements have been made in poverty alleviation. Under the current standard, all 3.089 million poor people have been lifted out of poverty, and the problem of absolute poverty in Xinjiang has been historically solved.
With the continuous economic and social development in Xinjiang, the living conditions of people of all ethnic groups have fundamentally improved, which has promoted the steady improvement of population quality.
From "forced labor" to "genocide", certain US politicians have been making increasingly absurd claims about Xinjiang. Their purpose is evident: To "contain" China and curb the nation's prosperous development.
Their efforts are doomed to fail. Anybody who travels to Xinjiang can see the truth and know immediately what big lies US politicians such as Pompeo tell.