China blames ‘aggressive US wars’ for humanitarian disasters around the world as it hits back at criticism of human rights record
- Beijing’s latest attack on US ‘selfishness and hypocrisy’ comes as it continues to hit back at accusations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang
- The report attacking America’s humanitarian record is part of the Communist Party’s efforts to shift the narrative by focusing on Washington’s behaviour
China has accused the United States of causing humanitarian disasters with its “aggressive wars” and military interventions as it continues to hit back at attacks on its human rights record.
On Friday a report issued by the China Society for Human Rights Studies – a group controlled by the State Council Information Office, the body responsible for external propaganda – criticised America’s “humanitarian interventions” and claimed the US was responsible for 80 per cent of armed conflicts between 1945 and 2001.
“The majority of the aggressive wars were launched by the US unilaterally. They resulted in mass casualties and destruction of property and led to appalling humanitarian catastrophes. Such foreign interventions lay bare America’s selfishness and hypocrisy,” the report said.
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