Beijing: China on Thursday asked the US to stop
interfering in its internal affairs on the issue of Falung
Gong cult which it said was "anti-human".
Ruling out lifting a ban on the Falun Gong, Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang: "Falun Gong is anti human, anti
society and anti science cult. The Chinese government outlawed
the cult according to the law. Hope the US Congressmen
recognises the nature of the cult and stop interfering
internal affairs of China."
The US House of Representative voted nearly
unanimously yesterday and asked China to free thousands of
members of the movement who are said to be imprisoned and to
abolish a government office tasked with fighting the movement.
China also refuted Britain's latest annual report on
human rights, calling the report "an ideological political
show."
Reacting to British Foreign Secretary David
Miliband’s report which named China as one of 22 "countries of
concern," with regard to human rights, Qin said most of the
countries listed in the report were developing countries.
"Why doesn't the report talk about some Western
countries that have also violated human rights? This is simply
an ideological political show," he said.
He said Chinese people of various ethnic groups
enjoyed fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution
according to law and the level of their enjoyment of human
rights had increased significantly.
He said, "China is committed promotion and protection
of human rights and freedom of Chinese people.
"Political, social cultural rights of citizens have
been significantly been enhanced," he said adding that as
economic development picked pace "we also pay great attention
to rule of law and human rights."
"China has been making progress (in the sphere of
human rights) and any country and person with no prejudice
will recognise this," he said.
"China stands for narrowing the differences through
dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and equality," he
said.
China opposed pressure and confrontation, double
standards on human rights issues and interference in other
nation's internal affairs, he added.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 22:02