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Tesla showroom in Xinjiang: Before that, US Human Rights groups asked to close the showroom
Beijing:
On Thursday, China accused Washington of hypocrisy after US politicians and human rights groups criticized Tesla for opening dealerships in Xinjiang, where it has been accused of widespread human rights abuses.
The American electric car maker announced the opening of its new showroom in the northwestern US capital Urumqi on New Year’s Eve, welcoming followers on the Chinese social media platform.” Let’s start the Xinjiang electric journey together”.
The announcement prompted a backlash from US politicians including Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who accused Tesla on Twitter of “helping the Chinese Communist Party cover up its crimes of genocide and labor”. slavery in the region”.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that “the international community, including the public and private sectors, cannot look the other way when it comes to what’s going on in Xinjiang.” “.
But China on Thursday voiced its criticism, accusing the United States of “hypocrisy” and trying to “carry out acts of economic coercion and political repression against China under the guise of human rights”.
At a regular news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Vuong Van Bin dismissed the abuse allegations as “lies where the truth has long been exposed”.
Campaigners say at least a million Uighurs and other Turkish-speaking people, mostly Muslim minorities, have been detained in camps in Xinjiang.
After initially denying the existence of Xinjiang camps, China later defended them as vocational training centers to reduce the appeal of Islamic extremism.
The US-based NGO, the Council on American Islamic Relations, has urged Tesla to close its Urumqi showroom.
The group’s communications director, Ibrahim Hooper, said on Monday that “no American company should do business in an area that has been the focus of a genocidal campaign targeting a religious and ethnic minority group.” “.
Human rights groups and foreign governments have also found evidence of what they say is mass imprisonment, forced labor, political indoctrination, torture and forced sterilization. Washington has described it as genocide.
Tesla is the latest foreign company to find itself struggling to appease both the Chinese and international markets to Xinjiang.
Fast fashion giant H&M remains blocked from major e-commerce apps in China after state media boycotted the Swedish company’s promise to avoid Xinjiang cotton.
Tesla did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment.
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