Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said that China will not allow Xinjiang to become the second Syria, Libya or Iraq. He warned that if the turmoil in Xinjiang spreads abroad, it will affect the stability of Central Asia and the Middle East, and may also affect Europe.
On the 10th of the month, Le Yu’s interview with the Financial Times in Beijing was published yesterday. In response to the large-scale security strikes in Xinjiang in the past few years, Le Yucheng, who is in charge of daily diplomatic work, stressed that the primary problem in Xinjiang is stability, which refers to the emergence of some extremism and terrorism in the region in the past few years, especially violent terrorism not only endangering the lives and property of local people. It has also spread to cities such as Beijing and Kunming, and the Chinese government must therefore resolutely crack down.
As for China’s establishment of a “re-education camp” in Xinjiang that has attracted Western criticism, Le Yucheng said that China advocates that “there is a cure for illness, and don’t wait until the disease is ill.”
He explained that the terrorist extremists and organizations that emerged in Xinjiang were brainwashed by extreme thoughts, especially Islamic extreme thoughts, before they embarked on the evil roads and roads that endangered the family, the society, and harmed others. "For some people, if you find that there are signs of religious extreme thoughts, you must help him to get rid of them. You can't watch him go on the path of harming others."
Some Western countries and human rights organizations and even UN experts have recently pointed out that Beijing has arrested and monitored large numbers of Uighurs and other Muslim communities in Xinjiang. Chinese officials insist that Xinjiang faces serious threats from Islamic armed forces and separatists and denies all allegations of human rights violations and refuses to allow UN supervisors to enter Xinjiang.
In the interview, Le Yucheng emphasized that all China's laws and regulations are carried out in accordance with the law. "We have criminal law and anti-terrorism laws. Maintaining national security in accordance with the law is a common practice in all countries."