Beijing 2022 organisers claim stories of Xinjiang human rights abuses are ‘lies’
by Sean Ingle in Beijing from World news | The Guardian on (#5W7RE)
- Winter Olympics plunged into further controversy
- Spokesperson Yan Jiarong also insists Taiwan is part of China
The Winter Olympics have been plunged into further controversy after Beijing 2022 spokesperson Yan Jiarong dismissed human rights violations among the Uyghur muslim population as lies" - and then insisted Taiwan was part of China.
Yan, a former member of the Chinese delegation to the UN General Assembly, referred to so-called forced labour" in Xinjiang in response to one question, before insisting China was against the politicising of sports".
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