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Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on Magnus Fiskesjö's Absurd Claims

2019/08/10

We’ve noticed Magnus Fiskesjö’s recent article on Norrländska Socialdemokraten (NSD), in which he once again maliciously made up lies to smear China, willfully threatened relevant local entities that engage in normal exchanges and cooperation with China, and attempted to instigate discord and sabotage China-Sweden friendly relations. What he wrote has again fully exposed his ideological biases against China and anti-China political motives.

We hereby solemnly point out again that China’s internal affairs and judicial sovereignty allow no interference. Competent Chinese authorities handle the Gui Minhai case according to law and justly, and Gui Minhai’s legitimate rights and interests are guaranteed according to law. China’s Xinjiang has adopted counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures including setting up vocational training centers in accordance with the law, which has effectively protected the basic human rights of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and has been applauded by many countries in the world. Exchanges and cooperation between local regions of China and Sweden comply with laws and regulations, are common international practice, and serve the interests of both sides. Such exchanges and cooperation deserve no slander, disturbance or unfair treatment by ill-willed anti-China elements.

We urge Magnus Fiskesjö to immediately stop what he’s doing. We hope that Swedish friends from various sectors will not buy into his lies and proceed from the fundamental interests of the people of China and Sweden, to jointly maintain the larger friendly cooperation between our two sides.

Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on Erroneous Statements of Swedish Politicians and Media Concerning Hong Kong

2019/08/15

In the last few days, one or two Swedish politicians made wanton comments and some Swedish media released seriously fact-distorting reports regarding the situation in Hong Kong. By neglecting and distorting the truth, these biased statements are propping up violence, trampling on the rule of law, and grossly interfering in China’s internal affairs, which we deplore and resolutely oppose.

Recently, violent crimes in Hong Kong have escalated to the point that rioters took extreme measures to paralyze the airport, vandalize and set fire to public property, besiege police stations, and illegally detain and arbitrarily assault passengers and journalists. These acts have nothing to do with “freedom of speech or assembly”. They actually constitute severe violent crimes with signs of terrorism, serious violations of basic human rights, and a serious challenge to the Basic Law of Hong Kong and the “one country, two systems” principle. The Central Government of China firmly supports the Hong Kong SAR Government in its lawful administration, and firmly supports the Hong Kong Police Force to enforce the law rigorously, severely punish illegal violent activities in accordance with the law, and restore order to the Hong Kong society as soon as possible.

We would like to emphasize once again that Hong Kong is part of China, and its affairs are entirely China’s internal affairs. We will never allow any foreign interference in the Hong Kong affairs. Any attempt to mess up Hong Kong is doomed to fail. It is hoped that relevant sides in Sweden will look at themselves in the mirror, adhere to justice and conscience, immediately stop making random accusations and spreading fake news on Hong Kong affairs, and refrain from sending any wrong signals to the violent law-breakers in Hong Kong.

The Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on the Swedish Side's Decision to Refuse to Extradite Qiao Jianjun to China

2019/08/15

The Chinese side expresses strong discontent over the decision by the Supreme Court and Government of Sweden to refuse to extradite Qiao Jianjun back to China.

Qiao Jianjun is a notorious corrupt fugitive in China that is suspected of embezzling over 200 million yuan (USD 28 million) of grain purchase fund for peasants. He is a duty-related criminal suspect that is on the Interpol Red Notice, and his offences are under criminal investigation and prosecution in a number of countries. The refusal of the Supreme Court of Sweden to extradite Qiao Jianjun to China based on pure speculations and so-called “human rights” goes against basic facts, tramples on the rule of law, disregards fairness and justice and grossly violates the basic human rights of the victims in the Qiao Jianjun case, which has fully exposed the hypocrisy of the judicial system of Sweden.

We hope the Swedish prosecution and police will continue to investigate the suspected breaches of Swedish law by Qiao Jianjun, and urge the Supreme Court of Sweden to rehear the case based on its crime facts and make a fair decision, to uphold fairness and justice and not to let Sweden descend to a safe haven for corrupt fugitives.

Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on the So-called "Human Rights Report on China" Issued by the Swedish Government

2019/06/20

We noticed that recently the Swedish Government issued a so-called “Human Rights Report on China” again. The report, filled with bias and hostility, makes groundless accusations against China. The people that fabricated this report said in the report that “it does not claim to give a complete picture of the situation for human rights, democracy and rule of law in the country”, which shows the report is biased, not objective and unfair. We express strong discontent on and firm opposition to the report, and have lodged serious critique to the Swedish side.

The Communist Party of China attach high importance to the protection and development of human rights. Over the past 70 years since its founding, the People’s Republic of China has made widely recognized progress in its human rights cause and made important contributions to the advancement of human rights across the world. Some forces and people in Sweden, out of their hidden political agenda, deliberately manipulate the idea of “human rights”, distort right and wrong, instigate confrontation, and even whitewash and cover up criminals. Posturing as a “lecturer” and “moral police” that are ignorant and arrogant, they never point the flashlight to themselves, despite being riddled with problems themselves. They divide and sabotage the pursuit of human rights. We urge the Swedish side to refrain from acting like a “lecturer” that is ignorant and arrogant, and stop pointing fingers and interfering in China’s internal affairs.