Amid strained relations between China and the European Union, EU officials will travel to China on June 16 to hold human rights talks in Chongqing, followed by a visit to Tibet.
"South China Morning Post" reported on this matter on June 7. It is said that the Chinese side arranged for a delegation of EU officials to visit Tibet. The uncle, who is going to Tibet to review the human rights situation, has given the Chinese side the names of some of the prisons they want to visit.
The annual human rights dialogue between the EU delegation and China has been on hold for nearly three years due to the Covid-19 virus and other reasons. Meanwhile, the European Union has accused the Chinese government of human rights violations, such as sending Uyghur children to boarding schools, taking DNA samples from Uyghur citizens, forced relocation, and forced labor. The problems of isolation and ethnic discrimination faced by migrants have been raised as human rights issues.
In this human rights dialogue, the EU delegation will still raise human rights issues in the Uyghur and Tibetan regions, as well as in Hong Kong. For years, the European Union has called for independent international investigative teams, foreign journalists and diplomats to visit the Uyghur and Tibetan regions without any restrictions, but the Chinese government has not listened to them. the rest
Sophie Richardson, the former director of the China Affairs Department of the International Human Rights Watch, said about the EU delegation's visit to Tibet. Everyone should remember that when Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited the Uyghur region, she was under strict control and was criticized for it. Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider what the EU mission will do in Tibet and from what perspective it will observe human rights issues. At the moment, the agenda of the EU-China human rights dialogue is not clear, but they may discuss China's repression of Tibet and the Uyghur region. But I do not believe that this visit will improve the human rights situation of the people in the region.
Ms. Louisa Greve, one of the staff members of the Uyghur Human Rights Foundation, said why China did not arrange this trip to the Uyghur region this time: "It should be known that human rights organizations are worried that those who go to East Turkistan from abroad will be arranged to go to special tourist villages. Whether it's the Xinjiang government or the Tibetan government, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of National Security, they have a tight control over these things. Again, all such visits serve to promote China. Foreigners usually negotiate business when they go to China. "It's very difficult to know what they actually said from state media like the China Daily."
The report said that in the report released after the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue held in Brussels in 2023, the EU UN High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned the report on the human rights situation in the Uyghur region and emphasized the urgency of implementing its recommendations. Sanctions and sanctions currently in place are related to stopping human rights abuses in the Uyghur region, and the EU has imposed strict regulations on large companies to prevent human rights abuses in their supply chains and complicity in facilitating them; The companies have been informed that they will have to leave the Uighur region if the supplier Chinese companies fail to investigate the issue of forced labor. The European Union is also considering a second "Forced Labor Prohibition Law", which will require compliance with the World Trade Organization's rules when enforced, and goods made with forced labor anywhere in the world cannot enter the European market.
Ms. Sophie Richardson said that this kind of human rights dialogue cannot solve the problem by itself, but strict measures should be taken against China. He hopes to continue such dialogues because he believes that it will be achieved. In my opinion, this type of diplomacy only became obsolete about a decade ago, and even started to have problems with it. "Because it prevents the EU from doing more effective things, such as investigating Chinese officials involved in crimes against humanity."
Mrs. Louisa said that she is interested in the results of the human rights dialogue held in China this time, but she is more concerned about the results of Turkish Foreign Minister Hagan Fidan's visit to China. I care more. He said that the Uyghur land is an ancient Turkish land, and Turkey gives hope to the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and other Turkic nationalities. The Chinese government has said that "Xinjiang has always been part of China," and the Turkish government also says it recognizes this, but they know that this is not the historical truth. After the Turkish foreign minister returned from his visit, the Chinese government again started promoting how close it is with the Turkish government. This uncle from the EU also knows the reality, but they have to surrender to the Chinese media; Then the Chinese media distort their goals and control their access."
A report published by the "South China Morning Post" said: "Human rights were the most pressing issue between Europe and China. However, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the geopolitical cooperation between China and Russia has become the most worried and discussed issue.
According to this news, the EU currently recognizes that China cannot be tolerated in human rights and trade-economic issues. Starting next week, it will start to impose import taxes on Chinese-made electric cars while holding a human rights dialogue with China.
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