Critics of Xinjiang policies politically motivated

The UN ambassadors of 22 Western countries recently sent a joint letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council criticizing the measures that have been taken to counter terrorism and extremism in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which they claim infringe upon the human rights of Uygurs.

A few days later, the ambassadors of 50 other countries sent a joint letter to the UN praising the measures for protecting the human rights of people in the region. They also opposed the West's politicizing of human rights, and urged Western countries to stop their unwarranted censuring of China.

Some critics of China have long used human rights as a means to criticize it. They have become good at politicizing human rights and instigating ideological antagonism. They feel no shame for the humanitarian disasters they have caused as a result, or their own poor human rights records.