The New US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with top CCP official for the first time, saying that he will continues to defend human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and Xinjiang
The new US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, on the phone today (6th Feb). This is his first dialogue with a high-level CCP official since he took office. The State Department later issued a statement stating that Blinken emphasized in the phone call that the United States will continue to stand up for human rights and democratic values, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its undermining of the rules-based international system.
The statement stated that Blinken, who has taken the office for more than half a month, reaffirmed during the phone call with Yang Jiechi that the United States will work with allies and partners to defend shared values and interest. In addition to pressing China to join international community in condemning the military coup in Myanmar, the United States clearly stated that it will continue to stand up for Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its efforts to threaten stability in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, and its undermining of the rules-based international system.
Source: The Stand News #Feb06
https://bit.ly/3dTO1BF
#Beijing #China #CCP #UnitedStates #Xinjiang #HongKong #Tibet #HumanRights #Democracy #Taiwan #Myanmar #SecretaryOfState #AntonyBlinken #YangJiechi
The new US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, on the phone today (6th Feb). This is his first dialogue with a high-level CCP official since he took office. The State Department later issued a statement stating that Blinken emphasized in the phone call that the United States will continue to stand up for human rights and democratic values, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its undermining of the rules-based international system.
The statement stated that Blinken, who has taken the office for more than half a month, reaffirmed during the phone call with Yang Jiechi that the United States will work with allies and partners to defend shared values and interest. In addition to pressing China to join international community in condemning the military coup in Myanmar, the United States clearly stated that it will continue to stand up for Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its efforts to threaten stability in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, and its undermining of the rules-based international system.
Source: The Stand News #Feb06
https://bit.ly/3dTO1BF
#Beijing #China #CCP #UnitedStates #Xinjiang #HongKong #Tibet #HumanRights #Democracy #Taiwan #Myanmar #SecretaryOfState #AntonyBlinken #YangJiechi
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#US Human Rights Group Urges US State Secretary to Pressure China on HK Issue
On March 18, 2021, the US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken met with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the first high-level meeting since President #Biden took office in January 2021.
A day before the high-level meeting, Francis Hui Wing-ting, founder of We The Hongkongers, a group of Hongkongers in the US, spoke to the media outside the White House alongside Tibetans and Uighurs.
Hui urged US representatives to put pressure on China's Human Rights issues in the meeting.
Hui talked about recent political oppressions in Hong Kong in the press conference, “all my friends in Hong Kong are either in prison or in exile.” She mentioned that the press conference would become evidence of her collusion with foreign powers under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Hui pointed out that the US decision to further sanction 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials in the wake of the high-level meeting shows the US stance on Chinese affairs. She hoped Blinken to put further pressure on Chinese officials and to bring issues of Hong Kong, East Turkistan, Tibet and Taiwan onto the table in the meeting.
Source: Stand News; #Mar18
https://bit.ly/3tU9mzD
#HongKong #Taiwan #Tibetans #Uighurs #Uyghurs #EastTurkistan #HumanRights #Sanctions #FrancisHui #WeTheHongkongers #Blinken
#US Human Rights Group Urges US State Secretary to Pressure China on HK Issue
On March 18, 2021, the US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken met with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the first high-level meeting since President #Biden took office in January 2021.
A day before the high-level meeting, Francis Hui Wing-ting, founder of We The Hongkongers, a group of Hongkongers in the US, spoke to the media outside the White House alongside Tibetans and Uighurs.
Hui urged US representatives to put pressure on China's Human Rights issues in the meeting.
Hui talked about recent political oppressions in Hong Kong in the press conference, “all my friends in Hong Kong are either in prison or in exile.” She mentioned that the press conference would become evidence of her collusion with foreign powers under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Hui pointed out that the US decision to further sanction 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials in the wake of the high-level meeting shows the US stance on Chinese affairs. She hoped Blinken to put further pressure on Chinese officials and to bring issues of Hong Kong, East Turkistan, Tibet and Taiwan onto the table in the meeting.
Source: Stand News; #Mar18
https://bit.ly/3tU9mzD
#HongKong #Taiwan #Tibetans #Uighurs #Uyghurs #EastTurkistan #HumanRights #Sanctions #FrancisHui #WeTheHongkongers #Blinken