Beijing, China - Nov 25, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Lijian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"The Special Rapporteur pointed out sharply 'the United States is a nation of paradoxes when it comes to human rights and minorities'. On one hand, the US committed genocide and systemic racial discrimination against native Americans, made things so bad that people like George Floyd 'cannot breathe', treat residents in its overseas territories as second rate citizens, and watch with indifference as ethnic minorities live in fear under the threat posed by grave hate crimes. On the other, the US is obsessed with political manipulation and the so-called human rights diplomacy in the world and uses human rights as a tool to meddle in other countries' internal affairs."
3. Various of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Lijian, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"I wonder how come the US, riddled with human rights problems, so confidently congratulates itself on human rights conditions. It should face up to its own human rights issues and get its house in order, instead of wantonly criticizing and pressuring other countries and interfering in other country's internal affairs using human rights as a cover."
5. Various of camera crew, reporters

China urges the United States to face up to its own human rights issues, instead of wantonly criticizing other countries, said a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Fernand de Varennes, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, told the press on Monday at the end of a 14-day visit to the U.S. that there is systemic discrimination against various ethnic minorities in the country, which can be seen in elections, education, religion, criminal justice, hate crimes, among other aspects.

Zhao Lijian, the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a regular press briefing that the U.S. wantonly criticizes other countries while keeping silent on its own human rights issues, which fully exposes its double standard and hypocrisy on human rights. 

"The special rapporteur pointed out sharply 'the United States is a nation of paradoxes when it comes to human rights and minorities'. On one hand, the US committed genocide and systemic racial discrimination against native Americans, made things so bad that people like George Floyd 'cannot breathe', treat residents in its overseas territories as second rate citizens, and watch with indifference as ethnic minorities live in fear under the threat posed by grave hate crimes. On the other, the US is obsessed with political manipulation and the so-called human rights diplomacy in the world and uses human rights as a tool to meddle in other countries' internal affairs," said Zhao.

The UN special rapporteur noted that anti-Semitism, anti-Asian speech, hatred against Islam, denigration and slander of the Latin community, as well as anti-migrant and xenophobia sentiments are all on the rise in the country, reaching record levels.

"I wonder how come the US, riddled with human rights problems, so confidently congratulates itself on human rights conditions. It should face up to its own human rights issues and get its house in order, instead of wantonly criticizing and pressuring other countries and interfering in other country's internal affairs using human rights as a cover," said Zhao.